Site: Composed upon Westminster Bridge (1 memorial)
SW1, Westminster Bridge
This plaque is on the north side of Westminster Bridge, on a pier closer to the west bank than the east. All the piers have these decorative lanterns and we believe they should all have an ornate panel below but a number have gone missing, as here.
When we visited in 2018 every available space on the lantern was graffitied or stickered, and dozens of mini padlocks were somehow attached. Much of this with the intention of advertising two people's love for one another, no doubt knowingly emulating the entangled "V" and "A", at the centre of the gilded quatrefoil on the lantern above.
2005: Londonist, as well as noticing a smutty shadow created by the balustrade, reported that this balustrade is a replacement; the original was put up for sale.
