4th Trafalgar Day Service

Great Yarmouth’s Trafalgar Day Service is once again being held at Nelson’s monument on South Denes on Sunday October 18, at 12.30pm.  The service is open to all who wish to celebrate Britain’s greatest naval hero.

Cannon Irene Knowles will lead the worship. The celebration will commence with a procession from South Beach Parade to the monument led by Winterton Marine Cadet’s band.

Great Yarmouth’s Heritage Guide, Dona Watson, will be proposing a toast to the immortal memory of Admiral Nelson. Rum punch will be available for participants to join in the toast.

“This the fourth and final year the celebration will be funded by a National Lottery grant,” explained Member Services Manager, Robin Hodds. “But its future is secure as it will become part of the Borough Council’s civic events list.”

The Monument, also known as the Norfolk Naval Pillar, stands at 144 feet tall and is only slightly shorter than its counterpart in London. It has 217 steps leading to breathtaking views out to sea and across the Borough of Great Yarmouth.

It was built in 1819 to commemorate Nelson's death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. At the time the South Denes was an empty sand spit and the monument stood right in the centre of it.