[2025 London Attraction] Travel Guide for Cleopatra's Needle (Updated Jun)

#londontrips #london #citywalk Start: Farringdon Station | End: Covent Garden Station 🚶 Distance: 4 kilometres (1 hour walk + exploration time) 1️⃣ Museum of the Order of St John 🏰 Step into medieval London Discover the secret history of the Knights of St John at this hidden gem inside St John’s Gate. Snap a photo of the 16th-century gatehouse, then explore ancient manuscripts, crusader armor, and tales of ancient medical miracles. 📍 Address: St John’s Lane, Clerkenwell, EC1M 4DA 2️⃣ Temple Church ⛪ Where history meets Hollywood Walk in the footsteps of the Knights Templar at this 12th-century church with a mystical circular nave (featured in The Da Vinci Code!). Don’t miss the stone effigies of knights – and the eerie peace of the tucked-away garden. 📍 Address: Temple, London EC4Y 7BB 3️⃣ Middle Temple Hall 🏰 Shakespearean grandeur Admire the imposing Tudor facade of this 16th-century hall, where Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night premiered! Though entry is reserved for members, you can still marvel at its iconic gatehouse and imagine Elizabethan feasts inside. Peek through the archway for a glimpse of the historic courtyard! 📍 Address: Middle Temple Lane, Temple, EC4Y 9BT 4️⃣ Cleopatra’s Needle 🌊 A 3,500-year-old mystery by the Thames Marvel at London’s oldest landmark: an ancient Egyptian obelisk guarded by bronze sphinxes. Snap a dramatic riverside photo and ponder how this relic survived a shipwreck en route to London! 📍 Address: Victoria Embankment, WC2N 6PB 5️⃣ Cecil Court 📚 Diagon Alley vibes & ghostly whispers Wind through this cobbled lane lined with vintage bookshops and curiosities. Rumor says a Victorian bookseller’s ghost lingers here… Harry Potter fans: J.K. Rowling drew inspiration from this spot! 📍 Address: Cecil Court, WC2N 4EZ Enjoy your historical adventure! 🏛️✨

Address - Victoria Embankment, London WC2N 6PB, United Kingdom (Located 5 minutes from Embankment station) Highlights - Historical landmarks. Commemoration of the victories. Inscribed with Egyptian hieroglyphs. Rating - 5/5 From the point, there are excellent views of some of the city's most famous landmarks including the London Eye, the River Thames, the Golden Jubilee Bridge and more. IIt is a picturesque spot if you walk along the River Thames, though I would say it is also considered a more quiet spot during the day where people enjoy strolls, stop often to admire the scenery, or even write postcards for their loved ones. If you want to learn more about the statue's historical background, you should visit the place once! #travelinspiration#scenicspotguide#historicculture#bestislandtraveltowns#naturalwonders#culturalattractions

Cleopatra's Needle is the largest obelisk in Britain (so big that it is even listed in the Guinness Book of Records). Its height is 21 meters, weight - 189.35 tons. The obelisk is made of pink granite. There are 2 Cleopatra's Needle’s in the world - in London and in New York. This ancient Egyptian obelisk was carved in the quarries of Aswan about three and a half millennia ago. It bears the names of two pharaohs and Queen Cleopatra. For several centuries, the Needle stood in Alexandria, and then spent an unknown number of decades knocked down in the sands. In the 19th century, the obelisk was donated to Great Britain. It was brought with adventures to London and installed on the Victoria Embankment. Cleopatra’s Needle stands on the Thames Embankment close to the Embankment underground station. #visitlondon