Lord Collinwood
By frances r
@Dragonairy1 (1722)
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
February 14, 2016 5:26pm CST
Lord Collinwood was born in Newcastle in the 1700s he was second in command at trafalgar, and took command when Nelson died. He died himself at sea in 1810, and is buried at St. Paul's cathedral. In 1845 this statue was built over looking the river Tyne and North Sea to remember him, and the cannons were added a few years later. They are the original cannons from his ship the Royal Sovereign.
I visited on Friday with my dad, it has some great views
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@Poppylicious (11133)
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16 Feb 16
I seriously need to go back up north and view some tourist attractions instead of just getting drunk in pubs!
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
15 Feb 16
I'm impressed with the monument and the cannons.
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@Dragonairy1 (1722)
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
16 Feb 16
They are pretty impressive.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
15 Feb 16
A very impressive sight. It looks like somewhere I would enjoy visiting.
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@Dragonairy1 (1722)
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
16 Feb 16
I think you would, you could visit the castle behind him at the same time
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
15 Feb 16
I like little trips and monuments like that... nice photo too... from the sky it looks as though it was a nice day....
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@Dragonairy1 (1722)
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
16 Feb 16
It was a nice day, sunny but cold.
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@Dragonairy1 (1722)
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
16 Feb 16
I think it is, and strangely as it overlooks he sea it's not really noticeable from the town.
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