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Many locations were suggested but the City Council settled for a site in Grand Parade, a few yards from the sloping path leading up to the Saluting Platform. This decision has satisfied few people as Nelson is now in such a position that he could only "see" the sea if he stood on tiptoes, thereby defeating the very object of moving the statue.
Whilst discussing the new location for the statue, it is said that regard was had for the route that Nelson took from the George Hotel, where he had breakfasted that September morning in 1805, to the beach from where he was ferried to the Victory. The route itself had been the subject of much debate over the years but it is now broadly agreed that it began when he left from the rear of the George Hotel onto Penny Street and turned right. He then turned left and walked along what is now Pembroke Road until he reached the fortifications; at that point he turned right and followed the line of the earthworks to a tunnel under the Long Curtain. The tunnel lead out onto a drawbridge across the moat, the far end of which was Spur Redoubt. A narrow passage on the Redoubt led onto the beach where his barge and several hundred well-wishers were waiting.
The new location for the statue is several hundred yards from any point on Nelson's last walk.
It should also be noted that when in its original position, a lectern supporting a plaque had been sited a hundred feet in front of the statue. This does not appear to have accompanied the statue to Grand Parade.
in Grand Parade, adjacent to the slope leading up to the Saluting Platform
(on the steps)
(Left)
MAY THE GREAT GOD WHOM
(Back)
(Left)
(on lectern)
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