City of London Livehttps://cityoflondon.live/What's on, what's changing and the stories under your feet: an independent guide to the City of London, checked line by line.en-gbLondon Stone, 111 Cannon Street: what it is and how to see it freehttps://cityoflondon.live/p/secrets-london-stone/https://cityoflondon.live/p/secrets-london-stone/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000London Stone is a block of limestone in a wall on Cannon Street, free to see. What we know, what's myth, and why it has moved so often.The Monument, London: why 202 feet matters, and what it costs to climbhttps://cityoflondon.live/p/secrets-monument/https://cityoflondon.live/p/secrets-monument/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000The Monument is 202 feet tall and stands about 202 feet from where the Great Fire began. Prices and opening hours checked 25/10/2026.Free views over the City of London: 5 viewpoints, all freehttps://cityoflondon.live/p/views-01/https://cityoflondon.live/p/views-01/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Sky Garden, Horizon 22, The Lookout, The Garden at 120 and One New Change: five free viewpoints in the Square Mile, with booking tips checked 25/10/2026.The City of London with every building removedhttps://cityoflondon.live/p/lidar-01/https://cityoflondon.live/p/lidar-01/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Environment Agency LiDAR shows the land under the Square Mile: Ludgate Hill, Cornhill, the lost Walbrook and the Fleet valley, plus a walk to feel it.Things to do in London this weekend (31/10 to 01/11): 10 Halloween weekend pickshttps://cityoflondon.live/p/weekend-2026-10-31/https://cityoflondon.live/p/weekend-2026-10-31/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +000010 Halloween weekend picks in London, eight of them free: veteran cars on Pall Mall, Day of the Dead on Columbia Road, Kew after dark and more.Lord Mayor's Show 2026: times, route and where to watchhttps://cityoflondon.live/p/lms-2026/https://cityoflondon.live/p/lms-2026/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Saturday 14 November 2026, free: the river pageant from 8:30am, the procession from Mansion House at 11:00, the best spots and why the Show happens.London Museum opens at Smithfield on 28/11/2026https://cityoflondon.live/news/#2026-10-25-london-museum-smithfield-openinghttps://cityoflondon.live/news/#2026-10-25-london-museum-smithfield-openingSun, 25 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Put 28/11/2026 in the diary. London Museum opens in the restored Victorian General Market at Smithfield, and its galleries are free. Inside: the Cheapside Hoard, the Lord Mayor's Coach and a six-metre window onto passing Thameslink trains. The £437 million project marks the museum's 50th anniversary, and the Poultry Market next door follows in 2028.Leadenhall's lights go on at 6pm on 19/11/2026https://cityoflondon.live/news/#2026-10-25-leadenhall-market-christmas-lightshttps://cityoflondon.live/news/#2026-10-25-leadenhall-market-christmas-lightsSun, 25 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Thursday 19/11/2026: celebrations start at 5.15pm and the lights go on at 6pm. Expect a 26ft tree beneath the atrium, Beehive Passage turned into a tunnel of Victorian-style lights, live music and snow. The market says more of its Christmas programme is still to come.The new Lord Mayor arrives by river on 14/11/2026https://cityoflondon.live/news/#2026-10-21-lord-mayor-river-arrivalhttps://cityoflondon.live/news/#2026-10-21-lord-mayor-river-arrivalWed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000For the first time since 2017, the Show begins on the water. At 8.30am on 14/11/2026, Bronek Masojada, who takes office at the Silent Ceremony the day before, sails from Westminster to HMS President aboard the Royal Shallop Jubilant with a flotilla of Livery boats. At 11am about 6,500 people set off from Mansion House for the Royal Courts of Justice and back. It's free, and many City roads close.No Santander Cycles over Lord Mayor's Show weekendhttps://cityoflondon.live/news/#2026-10-20-santander-cycles-pause-new-apphttps://cityoflondon.live/news/#2026-10-20-santander-cycles-pause-new-appTue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Plan another way home. Santander Cycles goes offline from the evening of 13/11/2026 to the evening of 17/11/2026, Lord Mayor's Show day included, while TfL switches to a new app. The old app stops working on 17/11/2026. After that, you scan a QR code on the bike to unlock it and pay with Apple Pay or Google Pay.Monument junction: TfL wants your views by 24/11/2026https://cityoflondon.live/news/#2026-10-13-monument-junction-consultationhttps://cityoflondon.live/news/#2026-10-13-monument-junction-consultationTue, 13 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Eighteen collisions in three years, eight of them causing serious injury. TfL wants to make the Monument junction safer, with new crossings on Cannon Street and King William Street, a single-stage crossing over Gracechurch Street and wand-separated cycle lanes. Fish Street Hill could be pedestrianised, subject to talks with the City Corporation. Have your say by 24/11/2026.