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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Megan Howe

'Marooned' Byron statue to be moved into Hyde Park after huge fundraising campaign

A memorial statue of Romantic poet Lord Byron which has been marooned on a traffic island on a dual carriageway in central London has been given a new home.

The bust of the 19th-century poet has languished for decades at the southern end of Park Lane, slowly deteriorating. To reach the Grade II-listed sculpture, you have to cross three lanes of fast-moving traffic, with no pedestrian crossing in place.

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