Walking Tour London War Memorials

From Nelson’s column to the giant stone howitzer gun at Hyde Park Corner, London is full of sculptural memorials to wars and those who died in them. Although we often pass them by without notice, these silent monuments offer extraordinary insights into both British art and Britain’s changing attitudes to war, heroism and death. Running from Trafalgar Square to Hyde Park, this leisurely two-hour walking tour will trace the shifting styles and symbolism of sculptures commemorating wars from the Napoleonic era to World War II.