Monuments in the United Kingdom

The memorial to this brutal battle between the English and the Scots has a surprisingly humble origin.

A memorial marking the original departure point for the two ships carrying the early English settlers to the New World.

A poignant tribute from a local legend paying tribute to his son.

A memorial overlooking a busy roadway is linked with the story of a 17th-century noblewoman’s legal battle for her inheritance.

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.

Perhaps the smallest monument dedicated to one of Great Britain's longest serving monarchs.

A sculpture dedicated to this town’s rich shipbuilding heritage.

A boat slowly sinking into the Essex mud flats bearing the names of the disappeared that haunt the Thames Estuary.

A 160-year-old tower built in honor of a scholar who was burned at the stake for translating the Bible.

A sculpture of a partly-buried Roman helmet commemorates a North Wales town’s connection with its Roman past.

A real Hawker Hunter jet in the middle of Basingstoke.

This mysterious pyramid is said to be part of a complex web of occult and Freemason symbols.

At the center of London’s oldest roundabout stands an obelisk that was erected in 1771, but spent several decades elsewhere.

Originally commissioned as a sculpture to reflect the history of Belfast's red-light district, the final sculpture has been banned from Belfast public land.

A watchhouse constructed from tombstones, to make way for a burial pit, for the victims succumbing to a deadly disease.

A strange Georgian folly sits atop a lonely hill.