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Postman's Park

A quiet City garden holding the Watts Memorial, a wall of tiles honouring ordinary people who died saving others.

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Postman's Park, landmark in London
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Did you know

The Watts Memorial was unveiled in 1900 with just four tablets and now has 54, out of a planned 120 spaces. The latest, for Leigh Pitt who died rescuing a child from a canal, was added in 2009.

Local tip

Go on a weekday morning before office workers arrive to have the memorial wall to yourself and read the tiles in peace.

Finding it

Address
St Paul's, City of London, Greater London, England, EC1A 7BT
Nearest station
St. Paul's (Tube), 125 m away

Details change, so check with the place before you set off.

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