Monuments in England

Discover 77 unusual monuments in England.

London, England

Scenes from the Frost Fair

Murals of the wild parties once held on the frozen River Thames.

London, England

Platform 9 3/4

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

London Stone

London, England

The London Stone

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

Totnes, England

The Brutus Stone

One could not be blamed for literally walking all over this supposed landmark.

Whitby, England

Bram Stoker Memorial Seat

The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.

Victoria Woodhull Memorial

Tewkesbury, England

Victoria Woodhull Memorial

An English cenotaph honoring an American feminist icon.

Hagley, England

Wychbury Obelisk

An 18th century monument regularly tagged with unsettling graffiti referencing a 1940s unsolved murder.

The maypole

Welford-on-Avon, England

Welford-upon-Avon Maypole

One of the tallest maypoles remaining in England in one of its smaller villages.

Osmington White Horse.

Osmington, England

Osmington White Horse

Want to properly offend a king? Sculpt a giant hill figure in chalk of him riding out of town.

Robin Hood's Stone

Liverpool, England

The Archer Stone

Prehistoric sandstone menhir with Early Bronze Age cup and ring markings, also known as Robin Hood's Stone.

London, England

Postman's Park: Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

Close view of garden gnome in flower bed

Loddington, England

Lampy the Garden Gnome

The first German gnome who popularized the garden decoration.

Wings set against a sunny sky

Gateshead, England

The Angel of the North

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

Nantwich, England

Giant Straw Sculptures of Snugburys Ice Cream Farm

Each year a new straw behemoth is born.

The Calder Stones. (Geograph)

Liverpool, England

The Calderstones

Six neolithic sandstone boulders remaining from a dolmen.

Allies by Lawrence Holofcener. (Wikimedia Commons)

London, England

Allies Sculpture

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.