# Yet another reason to visit London **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 5, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-to-visit-london/948106 "2021-08-05T15:34:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-to-visit-london/948106/41 "2022-01-08T17:01:21Z")
Ha ! Yes, i heard that on the news… What a farce. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-to-visit-london/948106/42 "2022-01-08T23:39:52Z")
Ha! That’s nothing. Visit [Mount Trashmore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Trashmore_(Florida)) in Florida. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-to-visit-london/948106/43 "2022-01-08T23:46:42Z")
I guess I’m a little confused why they’re “closing” it. They’ve already sunk all the money into it. Why not just let people walk up the stairs if they want to? I guess liability? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-to-visit-london/948106/44 "2022-01-09T03:17:36Z")
Because if they’re not willing to pay for the privilege of walking, then they can’t have it for free either. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-to-visit-london/948106/45 "2022-01-09T08:18:48Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > I think it would have been successful had they painted a white horse on the side. Or the Cerne Abbas Giant. Though perhaps that might have given some people the wrong idea entirely. > [@flurb](#): > > I guess I’m a little confused why they’re “closing” it. Local elections in May. No doubt they’re hoping it’ll be forgotten by then. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-to-visit-london/948106/46 "2022-01-09T09:52:19Z")
I expect they’re going to need the scaffolding for when they’re replacing the flammable cladding on all the high-rise residential buildings. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-to-visit-london/948106/47 "2022-01-09T11:13:21Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > I guess I’m a little confused why they’re “closing” it. It was always intended to be a temporary structure, right from the planning stage. Even before it was built, it was scheduled to be demolished in Jan 2022. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-to-visit-london/948106/48 "2022-01-09T16:13:11Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > Artificial hollow mounds impress me like plastic plants and fibre-glass rocks. I dunno. Barrows are pretty interesting. Like this one: > **[History of West Kennet Long Barrow | English Heritage](https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/west-kennet-long-barrow/history/)** > > A brief history and description of West Kennet Long Barrow, one of the most impressive Neolithic long barrows in Britain. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-to-visit-london/948106/49 "2022-01-11T01:09:32Z")
I actually went to it a couple of weeks ago (it was free). The Mound itself was unimpressive - as predicted, it didn’t have any good views, because the main thing to look at there is Marble Arch, and it obscures that. Also we used the lift, which was kind of kept secret; the stairs looked absolutely terrifying, basically like being a builder climbing up wet and windy scaffolding without a hard hat. But it had an art installation inside, made of electric lights, and that was seriously impressive. It was always intended to house an art exhibit, but they opened before that happened, and even with that it would have been way overcharging with the price they originally intended. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-reason-to-visit-london/948106.md?page=2)