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Monuments, Memorials & Statues

London’s most impressive statues, monuments and war memorials built to honour our country’s national heroes and celebrate our greatest military victories

★★Albert Memorial

Albert Memorial - Arguably London’s grandest monument, this was built by Queen Victoria as a memorial to her much-beloved husband, Prince Albert

The Cenotaph

Cenotaph - The Cenotaph is the focus of an annual parade on Remembrance Day when the war veterans march past and lay their poppy wreaths

Cleopatra’s Needle

Cleopatra’s Needle - This 3,500-year-old obelisk on Victoria Embankment dates from the reign of Tuthmose III, making it the oldest monument in London

London Stone

London Stone - This ancient monument dates back to Roman times and symbolises the authority of The City. Its original purpose is still shrouded in mystery

Marble Arch

Marble Arch - This archway was originally the entrance gate to Buckingham Palace, but now stands on the corner of Hyde Park at the end of Oxford Street

★★The Monument

Monument - Wren’s Monument by Pudding Lane is a stone column that commemorates the destruction wrought by the Great Fire of London in 1666

★★★Nelson’s Column

Nelson’s Column - The column in the centre of Trafalgar Square celebrates our greatest naval hero, Admiral Nelson, and his victory at the Battle of Trafalgar

Princess Diana Memorial Fountain

Princess Diana Memorial Fountain - Princess Di’s memorial can be found on the south side of the Serpentine lake in Hyde Park, and is a pleasant place for a walk

★★Temple Bar

Temple Bar - The Victorian monument in Fleet Street occupies the same spot as the original Temple Bar gate, which now stands outside St. Paul’s Cathedral

Tower Hill

Tower Hill - For hundreds of years this hill overlooking the Tower of London was where they used to drag condemned criminals up to the waiting scaffold

★★Wellington Arch

Wellington Arch - This impressive arch stands at the top of Constitution Hill and celebrates the Duke of Wellington’s victory at the Battle of Waterloo