Location
On the south side of High street in Old Portsmouth, approximately 100 yards North of the Cathedral. Two plaques are set in the wall of a block of flats, some 20 yards back from the pavement and a third is placed into the pavement itself.

Memorial (2005)
Nelson Plaque
 
Memorial (2002)
Nelson Plaque
 
Memorial (On Pavement)
Plaque to Lord Nelson
 
George Hotel Courtyard
The courtyard at the George Hotel
 
George Hotel (Before WW2)
The front of the George Hotel before WW2
Inscription (Upper Wall Plaque)
ADMIRAL LORD NELSON
PASSED THROUGH THIS ARCHWAY 14th SEPT. 1805
ON HIS WAY TO THE SEASHORE TO EMBARK FOR THE LAST TIME
TO JOIN HIS FLAGSHIP
H.M.S.VICTORY
AND TAKE COMMAND OF THE
BRITISH FLEET
AT THE GLORIOUS
BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR

 
Inscription (Lower Wall Plaque)
THE ABOVE PLAQUE
WAS FORMERLY ABOVE
THE PENNY STREET ENTRANCE OF
THE GEORGE HOTEL
WHICH STOOD ON THIS SITE
UNTIL DESTROYED BY ENEMY ACTION IN 1941
THE PLAQUE
WAS REPOSITIONED HERE IN
1954.

 
Inscription (Pavement Plaque)
THESE LAMPS MARK THE SITE
OF THE COACH ENTRANCE TO THE
GEORGE HOTEL
 
ADMIRAL LORD NELSON
RESTED AT THIS OLD POSTING
HOUSE ON THE 14TH SEPTEMBER 1805
BEFORE EMBARKING ON HIS
FLAGSHIP H.M.S. VISTORY


 
Further Information
 
The top photograph on the left show the wall plaques as they were in 2005 after they had been re-erected for the bi-centennial of Nelson's last day on English soil. The second photograph shows the plaques as they has previously appeared. The third photograph is of a plaque set into the pavement that ran in front of the George Hotel. Next below is a picture taken within the courtyard at the rear of the hotel and shows the main plaque in its original position. It was from the back of the George Hotel that Nelson emerged in order to avoid the crowds that had congregated at the front. The last photograph shows the front of the George Hotel before it was bombed in 1941.
 
There is another plaque that commemorates Lord Nelson's stay at the George Hotel in the City Museum and Records Office.