Best places: Monuments in Greater London

Formal gardens & gates surround a grand monument to Queen Victoria with marble & bronze statues.

Memorial completed in 2004 in Cornish granite, with a design said to represent Diana's life.

Kensington Garden’s whimsical bronze depicting Peter Pan & animals, with a unique “talking” option.

Iconic sculpture of Britain's WWII prime minister, on a plinth beside the houses of parliament.

Bronze sculpture honoring the celebrated West Ham player, England captain & 1966 World Cup winner.

Stone and bronze memorial listing the names of Mercantile Marine casualties from WWI and WWII.

👍👍 ‘The Women of World War II’ monument at Whitehall, London. Carry on down Whitehall and in the centre of the road is a large black-coloured bronze memorial with ‘The Women of World War II’ written on the side of it. Several helmets and uniforms have been sculpted as if hanging from pegs around the o...

This striking monument in a quaint village square honors the local legend, Robin Hood.

👍 It's sooooooo beautiful.

Unveiled in 1861, this bronze memorial featuring three guardsmen commemorates the Crimean War.

👍👍 £4.5 entrance fee for a communist idealist tomb, that’s absolute win of capitalism! As a fans of capitalism, of course I don’t mind to pay for the entrance fee for this beautiful cemetery. Karl Marx’s tomb is one of the biggest and grandest tomb inside. Worth to pay for a visit, as many of Communis...

Bronze depiction of the legendary literary detective, around the corner from his fictional home.

Striking 25m-long bronze monument commemorating the pilots who died during WWII's Battle of Britain.

👍 The Royal Air Force Memorial is a memorial on the Victoria Embankment in dedicated to the memory of the soldiers and airmen of the Royal Air Force. Erected in 1923, it was intended as a memorial to those who died in World War I, but now to all those of the RAF who have died in all subsequent conflic...

Muscular bronze erected in 1822 to honor the Duke of Wellington's victories in the Napoleonic Wars.

👍👍 The King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Memorial, situated between The Mall and Carlton Gardens in central London, is a memorial to King George VI and his consort, Queen Elizabeth. Completed in its present form in 2009, the memorial incorporates an earlier, Grade II-listed statue of George VI by Will...

Bronze memorial depicting three firefighters battling flames during the Blitz of World War II.

👍 The Australia War Memorial is one of several commemorative monuments found at the southeast corner of Hyde Park. This is an monument and touching tribute to the 100,000+ Australians who lost their lives as part of the commonwealth forces during WWI and WWII conflicts. Designed by Janet Laurence an...

👍👍 The Duke of Wellington Statue was cast in bronze by the sculptor Joseph Boehm, and was unveiled to the world in 1818. The plinth is made from pink Peterhead granite from the Stirlinghill Quarry near Boddam, Aberdeenshire. The grey dais forming the base is made of Aberdeen granite from the Rubislaw...

👍👍 it says "This mosaic has been designed to commemorate 'reformers tree' a venerable tree which was burnt down during the reform league riots in 1866. The remaining stump became a notice board for political demonstration and gathering point for reform league meetings. A new oak tree was planted by the...