What is London Remembers?
The aim of this website is to document all the memorials in London. That's the plaques, monuments, statues, fountains, etc, that commemorate a person, an event, a building, etc. It's an aim we don't think we will ever achieve but we will enjoy the attempt.
Memorial types
Fountain
148 memorials
Gates
21 memorials
Ghost bike
32 memorials
Ghost building
9 memorials
Keystone
27 memorials
Monument
340 memorials
Mural
100 memorials
Latest Memorials
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Lewisham Hospital Out-Patients Department
SE13, Lewisham High Street, Lewisham Hospital Out-Patients Department
CI is the Imperial Order of the Crown of India, which ceased to be awarded after India's independence in 1947. It was only given to women...
1 subject commemorated,
3 creators
Weil tree
W3, Acton Park
Two trees newly planted to the west of the main path through this park, near the south entrance. We photographed them in 2022 but there a...
1 subject commemorated
Moses + Shields tree
W3, Acton Park
Two trees newly planted to the west of the main path through this park, near the south entrance. We photographed them in 2022 but there a...
2 subjects commemorated
Lord Byron - SW1
SW1, Bennet Street, 4
The image of this plaque has, incorrectly, been taken to represent the first 'blue plaque' erected to Lord Byron in Holles Street.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
National Windrush monument
SE1, Waterloo Station
Unveiled on Windrush day in 2022. The full poem is available at Laura Serrant.
1 subject commemorated,
20 creators
Latest Subjects
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Ansel Wong
A cultural and political activist, an educationist and academic. In a wide-ranging career has worked at senior levels in various organisations in the public and charitable sectors, including with t...
Person, Community / Clubs, Education, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Caribbean Islands
1 memorial
Professor Laura Serrant, OBE, PHD, Queens Nurse
Laura Maria Serrant, CBE FRCN is a British nurse and academic. She is currently (2025) Regional Head of Nursing for North East and Yorkshire at Health Education England and Professor of at Manchest...
Person, Education, Medicine, Poetry, Politics & Administration, Race Issues
1 memorial
John Richards
Windrush Pioneer. Born Jamaica. Aged 19, he travelled to the US to work on Louisiana farms. In 1948 he emigrated on the Windrush to the UK. On arrival he was one of the 256 migrants housed in Claph...
1 memorial
Alford Gardner
Windrush Pioneer. Alford Dalrymple Gardner was a Jamaican-born "Windrush generation" emigrant and co-founder of the first Caribbean cricket club in Britain. Served in the RAF in WW2. The Guardian,...
1 memorial
Basil Watson, OJ, CD
Jamaican, USA-based sculptor from a family of artists: Barrington Watson, Watson's father, was an esteemed artist in his own right, his three sons are also artists, and Basil Watson's son, Kai, is ...
1 memorial
Seriously Famous
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Lost and Relocated Memorials
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Puzzle-corner
Count Simon Woronzow
It's odd that the plaque is placed here rather than at the almshouses at the other end of the road. Possibly the Count had a house here,...
7 subjects