Execution site

Tyburn

Marble Arch, London

London's great gallows, where crowds gathered by the thousand.

For nearly 600 years, Tyburn was London's main place of execution. From 1571 a huge triangular gallows, the 'Tyburn Tree', could hang many people at once.

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When: 1196–1783
Where: 51.5134, -0.1600
Group: Gibbets & executions

Visiting

Look for the round plaque on the island at the corner of Edgware Road and Bayswater Road.

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