A statue of the 19th-century poet Lord Byron has been returned to Hyde Park. The Grade II-listed statue, erected in 1880, had been isolated on a traffic island on Park Lane since new roads were built in the early 1960s.
The Lord Byron Society launched a campaign six years ago to relocate the statue, citing its neglected state. The move required permission from the Royal Parks and Westminster City Council.
The project to restore and move the statue cost more than £400,000. Funding included a £230,000 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, supplemented by additional donations.
Lord Robin Byron, president of the society, expressed gratitude for the support received to return the statue to public view. He hopes the statue will encourage people to explore Byron's poetry and letters.