Plans to install a statue of one of Britain’s most celebrated composers, Benjamin Britten, in his hometown of Lowestoft were unanimously approved earlier this month.
The monument of Britten as a Boy, which is cast in bronze, will look out to sea when it’s unveiled in Lord Kitchener’s Garden on Kirkley Cliff in south Lowestoft.
Campaigners from the Britten as a Boy statue committee launched an appeal to raise £120,000 for the monument back in April 2022.
After dreams became reality following the three-year community project, they said the statue will be “coming to Lowestoft seafront soon.”
Benjamin Britten. Picture: Supplied (Image: Supplied)
It will be situated between Britten’s birthplace and South Lodge School, which he attended from the age of eight and is now the Claremont Pier car park.
A committee spokesman said: “We are delighted that groundworks will begin on the statue site in the next few weeks and are expected to be completed by October, ready to receive the statue from the foundry.”
An official unveiling date will be “announced in due course”.