The Monument - A Visit

The Monument stands at the junction of Monument Street and Fish Street Hill in the City of London. It was built between 1671 and 1677 to commemorate the Great Fire of London and to celebrate the rebuilding of the City.
The total cost for the monument was £13,450 11s 9d., of which £11,300 was paid to the mason-contractor Joshua Marshall. The area around the base of the column, Monument Street, has been pedestrianised in a £790,000 street improvement scheme, The monument closed in July 2007 for an 18-month, £4.5 million refurbishment project and re-opened in February 2009.
The monument consists of a fluted Doric column built of Portland stone topped with a gilded urn of fire, and was designed by Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke. Its 202 foot (61.57 metre) height marks the monument's distance to the site of Thomas Farynor, the king's baker's shop in Pudding Lane, where the fire began.
Wren and Hooke built the monument to double as a scientific instrument. It has a central shaft meant for use as a zenith telescope and for use in gravity and pendulum experiments that connects to an underground laboratory for observers to work (accessible from the present-day ticket booth).
Normally entry fare of The The Monument for Adult is £3.00 and for the child is £1.00, The visiting time is Daily (09.30–17.30), the last entry is at 17.00.It is closed on 24–26 December. You can buy “London Pass” and visit 71 Attractions in London instead of buying tickets at each attraction. It can save your time and energy.