The Byron Society is given £230,000 to move the statue from a Park Lane traffic island to Hyde Park.
A statue of famed 19th Century poet Lord Byron that has been marooned on a traffic island on Park Lane in central London for decades could be relocated.
The Grade II listed bronze sculpture created in 1880 became inaccessible to the public after Park Lane became a three-lane dual carriageway in the 1960s. The current Lord Byron, president of the Byron Society, said the society was "absolutely thrilled and immensely grateful" to The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
The Heritage of London Trust is supporting the restoration, which it said would involve the "removal of dirt, grease, grime, detritus, and guano".Byron was one of the most popular figures of the Romantic movement
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