The Monument

The Monument, even has a tube station named after it

This is a monument built to remember the Great Fire of London in 1666 and to celebrate the rebuilding of the city.  It was completed in 1677.  The Great Fire burned for 3 days, and whilst not many people died,  a lot of the buildings, including St Paul's Cathedral, were destroyed.

The monument is built near where the fire began, in fact it is 61m away from the site in Pudding Lane where the fire began.  This distance is also the height of the monument itself. There is no lift, only a single spiral staircase, 311 steps high, leading to a, very windy, viewing platform.  You get good views from the top though, and at the end of the climb down you get a certificate proving you climbed it.  At only 3 pounds it's worth it.

That's a lot of stairs

Aaaah Tower Bridge and the Thames

Old vs New in the city.