London Stone
London Stone is a historic landmark housed at 111 Cannon Street in the City of London. It is an irregular block of oolitic limestone measuring 53 × 43 × 30 cm, the remnant of a once much larger object that had stood for many centuries on the south side of the street.Photo: Lord Belbury, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include London Bridge and Mansion House.
London Bridge
The name "London Bridge" refers to several historic crossings that have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark in central London since Roman times. London Bridge is situated 1,400 feet south of London Stone.
Mansion House
Public building
Photo: Michael Gwyther-Jones, CC BY 2.0.
The Mansion House is the official residence of the Lord Mayor of London. It is a Grade I listed building. Designed by George Dance in the Palladian style, it was built primarily in the 1740s. Mansion House is situated 520 feet north of London Stone.
Cannon Street station
Metro station
Photo: GrindtXX, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cannon Street station, also known as London Cannon Street, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in London fare zone 1 located on Cannon Street in the City of London and managed by Network Rail.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bankside and Barbican Estate.
Bankside
Quarter
Bankside is an area of London, England, within the London Borough of Southwark. Bankside is located on the southern bank of the River Thames, 1.5 miles east of Charing Cross, running from a little west of Blackfriars Bridge to just a short distance before London Bridge at St Mary Overie Dock.
Barbican Estate
Quarter
Photo: Riodamascus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Barbican Estate, or Barbican, is a residential complex of around 2,000 flats, maisonettes and houses in central London, England, within the City of London.
London Stone
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: irregular block of oolitic limestone in the City of London
- Categories: boulder, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: City of London, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.51156° or 51° 30′ 42″ northLongitude
-0.08946° or 0° 5′ 22″ westOpen location code
9C3XGW66+J6OpenStreetMap ID
node 10892732222OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q738950
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“London Stone” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Լոնդոնյան քար”
- Belarusian: “Лонданскі камень”
- Chinese: “倫敦石”
- Danish: “London Stone”
- Dutch: “London Stone”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حجر لندن”
- French: “London stone”
- German: “London Stone”
- Hungarian: “Londoni kő”
- Irish: “Cloch Londan”
- Italian: “London Stone”
- Italian: “Pietra di Londra”
- Japanese: “ロンドン・ストーン”
- Malayalam: “ലണ്ടൻ സ്റ്റോൺ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “London Stone”
- Norwegian: “London Stone”
- Polish: “Kamień Brutusa”
- Polish: “Kamień Londynu”
- Russian: “Лондонский камень”
- Spanish: “La Piedra de Londres”
- Spanish: “London stone”
- Spanish: “London Stone”
- Spanish: “piedra de Londres”
- Spanish: “piedra historica de Londres”
- Spanish: “piedra histórica de Londres”
- Welsh: “Carreg Llundain”
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