Queen Eleanor's Cross bronze plaque
Connection to This Location
# Queen Eleanor's Cross: Heart of Medieval London Standing in Trafalgar Square, you're positioned at what was once the true center of London's medieval geography—the site where one of England's most beautiful monuments to grief and love once stood. In the late 13th century, when Queen Eleanor of Ca...
Location
Trafalgar Square / Whitehall
Inscription
On the site now occupied by the statue of King Charles I was erected the original Queen Eleanor's Cross a replica of which stands in front of Charing Cross Station. Mileages from London are measured from the site of the original cross.