Climb to the top of the Monument

Monument, Monument Street, The City, London51.510176 -0.08592
Date:: Every day (except 1st Jan and 24th-26th Dec) -- 9.30 AM to 5.30 PM (last admission 5 PM)
Tickets:: Adults £3, Child £1.50. Children under 13 must be accompanied by an adult. See themonument.info
Tel:: +44 (0) 207 626 2717
Buses:: 11 15 17 21 23 25 35 40 43 47 48 133 141 149 343 344 381 521 RV1
Trains:: Bank CNT DLR NRN W&C, Cannon Street CRC DSC, London Bridge JUB NRN, Mansion House CRC DSC, Monument CRC DSC, Tower Hill CRC DSCNote: The best station for Monument is Monument. We can help you get there from any train station:
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The Monument can lay claim to being London's first purpose-built viewing platform. It was erected in the 1670s by Christopher Wren as a reminder of the damage caused by the Great Fire of London.

It measures 203-feet from top to bottom -- the exact distance from its base to Pudding Lane, where the fire broke out. The 311 stone steps wind around the inner core until they open out into a wire-enclosed viewing platform at the top. The 360 degrees view takes in everything from the Gherkin and Tower Bridge, to HMS Belfast and St. Paul's Cathedral.

Coin operated telescopes at each corner allow you to look across the rooftops.

Note: Whilst the climb is not too strenuous, we do recommend (through experience!) that you are confident of your ability to climb a lot of steep stairs before you set out. They are no rooms on the way up, so the only way to rest is to sit on the stairs or the occasional window-sill.

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“The little leaflet says there's only 311 steps but I think they must have miscounted because it seemed like a bazillion to me. The little stone steps wind tightly up the column for a million miles and it just goes on forever and e…”

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