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Jewel Tower, London

Visited October 2023

Location	London
Entrance Fee	Yes
Railway Station Nearby	Yes- Westminster Tube Station
Parking	No
Facilities	Cafe, Souvenir Shop
Map

The Jewel Tower is situated in Westminster, London. It is opposite the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben, and has Westminster Abbey just behind it. Buckingham Palace is just up the road. Because of its proximity to all these famous tourist destinations, it tends to get overlooked by visitors to London who are rushing around all the big-name sites, which is a shame as it is a really interesting building with a long history attached.

Category: London

Tower of London

Visited October 2016

Location	London
Entrance Fee	Yes
Railway Station Nearby	Fenchurch Street, Tower Hill Underground Station
Parking	No
Facilities	Cafe, Shops,Toilets
Map

The Tower of London is such a well known site it really needs no introduction. Originally constructed by William the Conqueror to suppress the local population after the Norman Conquest, it has been an important landmark ever since and is now synonymous with London both past and present.

Category: London

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Build A Castle

You need 2 bowls and some newspaper. Grease the bowls with olive oil.
One bowl should be deep, this is the motte. Glue the scraps of newspaper onto the bowls.
You need a thick covering of newspaper- the final layer should be white paper.
Once the bowls have dried, paint them in green, with a blue 'moat' around the bailey.Then remove the bowls.
Use strips of corrugated paper to make the pallisade.
Create some buildings out of cardboard- we used lentils to make a roof.
Use corrugated card to make the keep, and use moss to make some bushes in the bailey.
A couple of cardboard drawbridges, and you're done! History homework sorted!

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