The Victoria Monument

The Victoria Memorial is a monument to Queen Victoria, located at the end of The Mall in London, designed and executed by the sculptor Sir Thomas Brock in 1901, it was unveiled on 16 May 1911, though it was not completed until 1924.

At the four corners of the monument are massive bronze figures with lions, representing Peace (a female figure holding an olive branch), Progress (a nude youth holding a flaming torch), Agriculture (a woman in peasant dress with a sickle and a sheaf of corn) and Manufacture (a blacksmith in modern costume with a hammer and a scroll).

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Nelson's Column

Nelson's Column is a monument in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, built to commemorate Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson's decisive victory at the Battle of Trafalgar. The monument was constructed between 1840 and 1843 to a design by William Railton.

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The Royal Air Force Bomber Command Memorial

The Royal Air Force Bomber Command Memorial is a memorial in Green Park, London, commemorating the crews of RAF Bomber Command who embarked on missions during the Second World War.
The memorial, on the south side of Piccadilly, facing Hyde Park Corner, was built to mark the sacrifice of 55,573 aircrew from Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Poland, Czechoslovakia and other allied countries, as well as civilians of all nations killed during raids.
The memorial was unveiled by Queen Elizabeth II in 2012

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The Parish Church of Saint Martin in the Fields

St Martin-in-the-Fields is a Church of England parish church at the north-east corner of Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, London. Dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours, there has been a church on the site since at least the medieval period. The current church was built in 1721-26 in the Neo-classical style.

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Buckingham Palace

Originally known as Buckingham House, the building which forms the core of today's palace was a large townhouse built for the Duke of Buckingham in 1703 on a site which had been in private ownership for at least 150 years.

It was subsequently acquired by King George III in 1761 as a private residence for Queen Charlotte and was known as "The Queen's House".

During the 19th century it was enlarged, principally by architects John Nash and Edward Blore, who formed three wings around a central courtyard. Buckingham Palace became the official royal palace of the British monarch on the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837.

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