00:01A memorial statue of the 19th century poet Lord Byron, marooned on an inaccessible traffic
00:07island on Park Lane for decades and left to deteriorate, is to be restored and moved to
00:12a new home in Hyde Park.
00:14After being restored, the statue and plinth will be placed at a more visible location
00:19near Victoria Gate in the central London Park.
00:21The Grade II listed bronze sculpture created in 1880 by Richard Claude Belt was first erected
00:28in Hamilton Gardens, originally part of Hyde Park, but a three-lane dual carriageway built
00:33in the 60s on Park Lane made it hard to reach.
00:36The current Lord Byron, president of the Byron Society, said the group was thrilled that work
00:41is finally about to start.
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