Peter Pan statue, Kensington Gardens, London, EnglandPeter Pan. Reread J.M.Barrie's story at http://www.hoboes.com/html/FireBlade/Barrie/Peter/. The statue is in Kensington, the 242-acre park in London. It is among eight royal parks in the city.
J.M.Barrie put the statue there himself, however, causing some controversy about self-promotion. See The Twentieth Century Society page for Peter Pan statue, once at http://www.c20th.com, but (update) I do not see the link there now for Peter Pan. Keep looking: One online forum cites that cite as well, noting that Barrie set it up on the last night in April so it would be magically there on May 1, 1919. Is that so? This site says that the sculptor Sir George Frampton erected it, see http://historiayculturab2010.blogspot.com/2010/04/peter-pan-statue-in-kensington-gardens.html/ According to a regular protocol, or sua sponte?
The little statue is not easy to find, if you happen to park at the wrong end of the park. The walk is well spent, however, in duck-spotting.
The statue is very small. As it should be for a boy, and Tinkerbell, and the other children below.
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