[1] Since 1936 it has stood in King William Walk in Greenwich having been shifted from an earlier location in Central London.

It was originally located in the recently-constructed King William Street in the City of London, raised on a high plinth on the former site of the Boar's Head Inn.

[3] The former king is shown wearing the uniform of an admiral, in acknowledgement of his previous service in the Royal Navy.

By the mid-1930s the increasing motor traffic meant that William's statue was adding to delays and the City was looking to redevelop the site.

It was agreed that the statue should be shifted to Greenwich and be placed by the site of the recently demolished St Mary's Church.