Memorials in London

This 500-meter-long memorial pays tribute to the hundreds of thousands of lives lost to COVID-19 in the UK.

Memorial marking the man who helped restore public rights access to the park in 1758.

An inverted staircase above the entrance to the Bethnal Green Underground Station functions as a memorial for people who lost their lives during the worst civilian disaster in the U.K. during World War II.

These stained-glass windows are all that remains of a building that was the target of one of the biggest explosions in London after World War II.

It holds a fabulously designed tribute to astronomer Edmond Halley.

This sculpture, residing in a quiet corner of a London park, honors the victims of 9/11.

This once-controversial and slightly confusing statue of Achilles was built out of captured cannons.

The bronze uniforms commemorate the vital role of women during World War II.

A bronze bust commemorates the heroism of the secret agents who led covert operations against the Nazis.

Hidden in the courtyard of the Victoria and Albert Museum is a little-known tribute to two celebrity pooches.

An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.

A living memorial to the trees London lost during the Great Storm of 1987.

A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

An unsanctioned shrine that sprung up outside the late singer's home is causing a stir in London's Highgate neighborhood.

A tribute to the intrepid explorer and his crew who perished in terrible conditions on an ill-fated expedition to the Arctic.