Monument Square is a public square in London, England, next to the Monument (the Monument to the Great Fire of London). It is to be created as part of Monument Street is pedestrianised. It also features a glass pavilion which was designed by Bere Architects and unveiled on 31 January 2007.
In the past, there already was the Monument Square around the Monument, formerly known as the 'Monument Yard. Later it was merged into the Monument Street. A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben (1918) describes it as follows:
Monument Square
On the east side of Fish Street Hill, extending to Pudding Lane. In Billingsgate Ward and Bridge Ward Within.
First mention : O.S. 1894-6.
Former name: "Monument Yard" (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 1880).
It was now been absorbed into Monument Street, viz. about 1911.
The Monument occupied the centre of the Square, which was erected on the site whereon previously stood the church of St. Margaret, Fish Street Hill.