Abraham Lincoln
Parliament Square
Westminster, SW1
Abraham Lincoln was the American President from 1860 up until he was assassinated in 1865. He is most remembered for his work putting an end to the slavery trade. Probably his finest achievement was in 1863 when he announced emancipation to all slaves within the USA.

Cenotaph
Whitehall
Westminster, SW1
Cenotaph, a monument erected in gratitude of " the glorious dead" , is a memorial to all ranks of the sea, land and air forces who gave their lives in the service of the empire during the first World War. Cenotaph actually means Empty Tomb.

Oliver Cromwell
Victoria Street
Westminster, SW1
This statue is by Sir William Hamothornycroft, and stands outside Westminster Hall. It was erected in 1899 and it shows the two sides of him, one with a bible symbolising that he was the saviour of English freedom, the other side with a sword in his hand suggesting that he was another ruthless dictator. If you look closely you can see that the spurs on his ankles are upside down.

Samuel Plimsoll
Victoria Embankment
Westminster, SW1
Samuel Plimsoll was called "the sailors friend". He became an M.P. in 868 which helped him in his quest for the problem of older overloaded ships going out to sea. At first the Commons disregarded his findings but later on when the problem expanded for insurance claims, the Merchant Shipping Act was passed through the commons and the line that is painted around all ships to show the loading maximum is still to this day called the Plimsoll Line. Samuel Plimsoll later went on to be President of the Seaman's Union.

Sir Winston Churchill
Parliament Square
Westminster, SW1
This is probably the most well known statue in London. Churchill is best remembered as Britain's war time Prime Minister although he had a many faceted personality. His talents did not end there however. He received the Nobel prize for Literature in 1953 and was also made an Royal Academician Extraordinary in 1948.

Henry VIII
Charterhouse Street
The City, EC1
The statue of Henry VIII was placed here due to the King's re-founding of St Bartholomew's Hospital - making it the oldest hospital in London. The hospital dates from as early back as 1123. After a period of closure, the hospital was reopened in 1539

Westminster Bridge Road
Westminster, SE1
The original bridge was built in 1740, but was then closed in 1854 and replaced with the present day bridge. Sitting in the shadow of the Palace of Westminster it is one of the most important Thames crossings. The so called Coade Lion on the south side originally came from the entrance to the lion brewery. He is made of coade stone, a very durable type of terrcotta made by the Coade family in Lambeth in the 19th century. When the Coade stone works was closed in 1840 the secret of the stone was lost, never to this day to be recovered. The bridge links St James's to Lambeth

Piccadilly Circus
Mayfair, W1
Eros as it is commonly known is actually called the Shaftesbury Memorial, built by Sir Alfred Gilbert in 1893. It is a fountain surmounted by a winged archer universally known as Eros although the sculptor intended it to represent the Angel of Christian Charity. It commemorates the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury. The Circus, once considered the hub of the Empire, attracts a large crowd. It was created by John Nash as part of his new road from Carlton House in St James's to Regent's Park. The Statue of Eros, officially the Angel of Christian Charity, is a memorial drinking fountain erected in 1892 to the philanthropist, Lord Shaftesbury