Wellington Arch & Hyde Park Corner
A great triumphal arch crowned by the largest bronze sculpture in Britain, ringed by war memorials, all free to view from the street.
The lowdown
Marooned on a traffic island at Hyde Park Corner, Wellington Arch is one of London's grandest pieces of street furniture. On top sits the Angel of Peace descending on a four-horse chariot, the largest bronze sculpture in Britain, and you can stand right beneath it for free, even if the interior galleries charge.
The island around the arch is really an open-air gallery of remembrance, with the dramatic Royal Artillery Memorial, the Machine Gun Corps memorial with its statue of David, and memorials to the Commonwealth war dead all close together. Reading them is a moving and entirely free half hour at the corner of the park.
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