Statues and Memorials in London: Tower Hill Sundial

Posted: April 15, 2015 in History, London, UK
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The Sundial on Tower Hill was commissioned by London Transport and unveiled in 1992. It is by John Chitty and Edwin Russell. The Sundial keeps good time although it may vary from GMT by up to 16 minutes.

Around the actual sundial are reliefs which commemorate important events from the history of London.

Roman Conquest

Roman Conquest

Building of the Tower of London

Building of the Tower of London

Shakespeare and the building of the Globe theatre

Shakespeare and the building of the Globe theatre

Gunpowder plot

Gunpowder plot

London Fire Brigade

London Fire Brigade

First public bus services

First public bus services

Blitz and Battle of Britain

Blitz and Battle of Britain

Comments
  1. My Commute through London | The Anti-Kyte says:
    June 9, 2020 at 20:19

    […] First though, we should pay a quick visit to what is, for the moment at least, the City’s only public “statue” of a rather notable Prime Minister – Margaret Thatcher. Statue is stretching it a bit. Maggie was always someone who polarised opinion, a fact which gives some context to this depiction of her on the Tower Hill Sundial… […]

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