The Monument measures 202 feet tall, and this is no coincidence; it marks the 202-foot distance between it and the bakery in Pudding Lane where the Great Fire of London was thought to have originated.

The City of London dates back to medieval times, making it the oldest local authority throughout England.

Samuel Pepys was baptised in St Brides Fleet Street in 1633.

The City of London is not one of London’s 32 boroughs – it is governed by the City of London Corporation.

In 2005 the honour of the ‘Freedom of the City of London’ was bestowed on the late Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, in recognition of his fundraising and humanitarian work.