National Covid Memorial Wall
| National Covid Memorial Wall | |
|---|---|
Section of the National Covid Memorial Wall, April 2021 | |
| Artist | Covid bereaved volunteers and the Friends of the Wall |
| Year | 2021 |
| Subject | COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom |
| Dimensions | 500 m (1/3 mi) |
| Location | London |
| Website | nationalcovidmemorialwall |
The National Covid Memorial Wall in London is a public mural painted by volunteers to commemorate victims of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. Started in March 2021 and stretching more than one-third of a mile (540 metres) along the South Bank of the River Thames, opposite the Palace of Westminster, the mural consists of approximately 245,000 red and pink hearts, one for each of the casualties of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom who died with COVID-19 on their death certificate. The intent was for each heart to be "individually hand-painted; utterly unique, just like the loved ones we’ve lost".