Fleet at Trafalgar. The fountains are memorials to Lord Jellicoe (western side) and Lord Beatty (eastern side), Jellicoe being the Senior Officer.[2] On the north side of the square is the National Gallery and to its east St Martin-in-the-Fields church. The square adjoins The Mall via Admiralty Arch to the southwest. To the south is Whitehall, to the east Strand and South Africa House, to the north Charing Cross Road and on the west side Canada House. At the corners of the square are four plinths; the two northern ones were intended for equestrian statues, and thus are wider than the two southern. Three of them hold statues: George IV (northeast, 1840s), Henry Havelock (southeast, 1861, by William Behnes), and Sir Charles James Napier (southwest, 1855). Former Mayor of London Ken Livingstone controversially expressed a desire to see the two generals replaced with statues "ordinary Londoners would know".[3]
The buildings around the Circus are decorated with bright neon lights at night, making the place a very colourful site. Piccadilly Circus is one of the city's most popular meeting places, as it is small and hard to get lost in. Trafalgar Square It is to commemorate the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. In the centre of the square is the Nelson's column it was erected to commemorate the Admiral Nelson. In the corners of this square are the plinths. On one plinth there is a statue of Charles I on a horse. Trafalgar Square was built in 1845. Present architect of this square is Sir Charles Barry. The pigeons live there. Many people feed them. The falcons were used to scare them. Every year Norway sends Britain a huge Christmas tree. This Christmas tree is put in the Trafalgar Square. On New Year's Eve people go to Trafalgar Square to hear the midnight chimes of Big Ben
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