Monuments in England

Dedicated to the 4th Baronet of Sledmere.

A granite plane marks the site where a French aviator completed the first airplane flight across the English channel.

In the 1970s, the citizens of several small villages came together to stop their homes from being destroyed for a new airport.

A letterbox installed specifically for the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.

This collection of ancient structures makes up part of the largest group of prehistoric earthworks in Britain.

A much-loved local landmark pays tribute to the shipbuilding past of this area.

On a remote footpath and surrounded by beautiful Sussex countryside sits Sussex’s smallest cemetery.

A monolith stands at the site of the most significant battle ever fought on British soil.

A monument at the site of a decisive battle in the First English Civil War.

Now overlooking the Home of the British Army, this gargantuan statue was removed from its original location in London.

A discarded movie prop that was the original monolith for "2001: A Space Odyssey."

Known as the "Fat Man of Maldon," Bright was a larger-than-life figure.

A stone, covered in metal, commemorating an event that happened somewhere else a thousand years ago.

A monument to one of the most famous modernist Chinese poems and its poet.

These stones mark 200 years of friendship between Britain and France following the Napoleonic Wars.

This giant weaving shuttle celebrates Lancashire's importance during the Industrial Revolution.