<P> It stands at the junction of Monument Street and Fish Street Hill , 202 ft ( 62 m ) tall and 202 ft ( 62 m ) from the spot in Pudding Lane where the Great Fire started on 2 September 1666 . Another monument , the Golden Boy of Pye Corner , marks the point near Smithfield where the fire was stopped . Constructed between 1671 and 1677 , it was built on the site of St. Margaret 's , Fish Street , the first church to be burnt down by the Great Fire . </P>
<P> It stands at the junction of Monument Street and Fish Street Hill , 202 ft ( 62 m ) tall and 202 ft ( 62 m ) from the spot in Pudding Lane where the Great Fire started on 2 September 1666 . Another monument , the Golden Boy of Pye Corner , marks the point near Smithfield where the fire was stopped . Constructed between 1671 and 1677 , it was built on the site of St. Margaret 's , Fish Street , the first church to be burnt down by the Great Fire . </P>
monument to the great fire of london height
monument to the great fire of london height
202 ft ( 62 m )
202 ft ( 62 m )