Peace, environmental and animal rights campaigns meeting here were spied on by undercover police officers from the Special Demonstration Squad (established 1968), and other units.
Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance.

Holland House
Holland House was built in 1605 for Sir Walter Cope, a Courtier of King James I, and was known as Cope Castle. In 1768 it was acquired by Henry Fox, the First Baron Holland, and renamed Holland House. Through his son, Charles James Fox, it became the social centre of the Whig Party in the 19th Century.

In September 1940 the house was bombed, since when only the East Wing and the arcades have been restored.

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

Charles Bradlaugh, freethinker & politician, Malthusian & republican, born near this site at 5 Bacchus Walk, 26 September 1833.
London Borough of Hackney

Charles Bradlaugh, 1833 - 1891, advocate of free thought, lived here, 1870 - 1877.
London County Council

To the Glory of God this stone was laid by the Lord Bishop of London on Saturday 29th July 1899.
So I prayed to the God of Heaven and the wall was built. Nehemiah 2:20.

J. E. Watts-Ditchfield - Vicar
E. Hoole, RIBA - Architect
William Harvey, William Thomas - Churchwardens
Cohesker Brothers - builders

Near this spot Punch's Puppet Show was first performed in England and witnessed by Samuel Pepys 1662.

This notice was caused to be inscribed by The Society for Theatre Research and the British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild 1962.

The church of this parish, having been destroyed by fire on the XVIIth day of Sept. AD MDCCXCV, was rebuilt, and opened for divine service on the 1st day of August AD MDCCXCVIII.

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The church of this parish, having been destroyed by fire on 17 September 1795, was rebuilt, and opened for divine service on 1 August 1798.

Mayflower Pub, formerly the Spread Eagle c.1790 to 1957, renamed to commemorate Rotherhithe's role in the voyage of the Mayflower in 1620.
London Borough of Southwark
Voted by the People

North American Sweet Gum trees donated by the citizens of Westminster to commemorate those lives lost on 11th September 2001 in the United States of America and as a token of friendship between our respective nations.
Westminster Tree Trust

The Lodge, Leicester Square was opened by Dame Shirley Porter DBE DL, Lord Mayor of the City of Westminster, and George Biggs, President of the Society of West End Theatre, 14 April 1992.

{North and south sides, below the triangle:}
Royal Exchange

{East and west sides, below the triangle:}
Jubilee Walkway

{As well as the text on the illustrations (not transcribed) there are some extensive free-standing texts on some faces:}

The Jubilee Walkway, developed and administered by a special Trust, was established to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 1977. It encircles the centre of London, embracing many historic buildings and views. It is approximately 22.4 kms (14 miles) in length. For map suppliers see www.jubileewalkway.com.
Follow the Walkway on foot around London, using the circular Jubilee Walkway discs embedded in the ground. The pavement discs along the Jubilee Walkway are normally silver, but the discs near this spot are gilt as a special feature to record that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II visited this section of the Walkway during her Golden Jubilee Year.

This panel has been supported by the Corporation of London and the Mercers' Company.
The Corporation of London has a diverse range of roles and responsibilities in the City, London and beyond. Through the Court of Common Council it provides local government services for the City, from development control to trading standards, making the City a cleaner, safer, more attractive place in which to live, work, run a business or to visit.

Incorporated by Royal Charter in 1394, the Mercers' Company is the premier Livery Company of the City of London, The Company owns and managers a large portfolio of investments. Many of these are properties in the City and West End of London. The surplus from the Company's operations is distributed to charitable trusts, also administered by the Company. The administration of charitable giving is the Company's most important function. Over many centuries members of the Company, and other benefactors, have left money in trust for the Company to administer for charitable purposes.

The Heart of the City
This panel stands in the heart of the City of London near some of the most important financial and civic buildings in the capital. This is the part of London where over 350,000 people work by day, while there are a mere 5,000 residents by night. It was the heart of the original Roman settlement built on the north side of the Thames and later the centre of the medieval walled City of London, where men of wealth and power gradually organised themselves into guilds and companies.
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This is an important intersection in the Jubilee Walkway. The original route was extended from the Tower of London, via King William Street, passing St Paul's Cathedral on the south side and eventually reaching Leicester Square. In addition to the main walkway circuit, one can also branch off at this point to walk the Barbican Loop which proceeds up to the Barbican and back past the Museum of London, rejoining the Walkway at the north side of St Paul's Cathedral.
A map of the Jubilee Walkway can be seen on the opposite face of this panel.

Unveiled by The Lady Soames, DBE, 8th July 2003
This panel has been updated to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 2002.

Illustrations by P. T. Nicholls Dip Arch RIBA, Design Research Unit, London SE1 8UE, www.dru.co.uk

Manufactured by Photofabrication (Services) Ltd., St Neots, Cambridgeshire. www.photofab.co.uk.

{Plaque on the west side of the obelisk:}
The gift of a few friends. Erected 1888.

{Plaque on the base:}
"Drink, Pilgrim, Here! Here rest! And if thy heart be innocent, here too shalt thou refresh thy spirit, listening to some gentle sound or passing gale or hum of murmuring bees!"
S. T. Coleridge

{Beneath a hippopotamus and a pair of sculls:}
On this site stood Searle's Boathouse, the first home of Leander Club, founded in 1818 and based in Henley-on-Thames since 1896.
This stone was placed by Leander members to mark the club's bicentenary in 2018.

Even with the raised perspective achieved by standing on the surrounding wall, our photo does not show the all-important shapes of the flowerbeds. The much more informative aerial photo comes from Voice Online.

Dame Margaret Rutherford and Alaistair Sim motion picture comedy greats, remembered by the British Comedy Society.
Commemorating the centenary of cinema, 1996.
In association with the British Film Institute.

Thomas De Quincey, 1785-1859, man of letters, lived here.
LCC

Sir John Mills, Oscar-winning star of motion pictures including Borehamwood-made movies: Those Were the Days, Ice Cold in Alex, It's Great to be Young, Dunkirk, Operation Crossbow, Dulcima.
Unveiled by Hayley Mills.
Commemorating the centenary of cinema, 1996.
In association with the British Film Institute.