The Monument - The Open Guide to London: the free London guide

Historical version 4 of The Monument (view current version)

Address: Cannon Street (map of this place)
Postcode: EC4
Opening Hours: Monday - Friday: 9.30am - 5pm, Saturday & Sunday: 9.30am - 5pm.

Categories: Buildings, History, Major Attractions
Locales: City of London

Nearest Tube stations: (of course) Monument or Bank

The Monument (photo by aegidian)

Admission

Children under 16, 50p
Adults, £1.50

This fireball-topped column is a Christopher Wren designed monument to the Great Fire of London of 1666. Now owned and maintained by the Corporation of London, for a small admission fee you can climb the 303 steps of the internal staircase to the small, caged-in viewing platform at the top. The height marks the distance of the monument from the spot where the fire started.

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