Useful information
- Phone : +44 20 7403 3761
- Website: : http://www.themonument.org.uk
Description
A huge Doric column with an urn on top around which flames are playing, the Monument was built between 1671 and 1677 to commemorate the Great Fire of London (1666) which began just 62 metres away from it (this distance is exactly the height of the column). A staircase up the shaft leads to the upper platform which boasts a view over London and the Thames, which is much reduced these days by the presence of numerous high-rise buildings.
Localisation
Things to see and donearby
- The Green Guide71 m - Lower Thames Street, London EC3 6DN
- The Green Guide158 m - Lower Thames, London EC4
- The Green Guide174 m - The Rectory, London EC3R
More tourist attractions in London
Where to sleepnearby
- From £62Suffolk Lane by Blueprint Living256 m - 2 Suffolk Lane, London EC4R 0AT
- From £83Club Quarters Hotel London City, London301 m - 7 Gracechurch Street, London EC3V 0DR
- From £179Cheval Three Quays at The Tower of London482 m - 40 Lower Thames Street, London EC3R 6AG
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Where to eatnearby
- MBERAround£2556 m - 1a Pudding Lane, London EC3R 8AB
- BritanniaAround£2081 m - 20 Monument Street, London EC3R 8AJ
- Wagtail Rooftop Bar and RestaurantAround£30109 m - 68 King William Street, London EC4N 7HR
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