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Nanny Anita brings you the second in the series of her Cookie Adventure Trails, with an exciting trip from Westminster to Trafalgar. Perfect for a fun day out in London with the kids this half term.
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Directions:
• StartatWestminsterAbbey.• HeadontoParliamentSquareanddownpastThe
Housesof ParliamentandBigBen.• JoinParliamentStreetandpass:TheDepartmentof
Culture,MediaandSports,HMRevenueandCustoms,Churchill War Rooms, Cenotaph,ForeignandCommonwealthOffice,DowningStreet, Horse Guard Parade, Ministryof Defence,Banqueting House
• FinishupatTrafalgarSquare
MY BABA’sFrom Westminster to Trafalgar
Thistrailisjustoneroadlong,butwow,whataroaditis,itcoversabout1000yearsof historyinjustoverhalf amile.
So,becrownedinWestminsterAbbey,escapeGuyFawke’sgunpowderplot,payyourrespectstothegloriousdeadatTheCenotaphandhelpWinstonChurchillkeepourcountrysafeinTheWarRooms.
For more fun things to do visit the My Baba blog at www.mybaba.com or tweet your trail @ mybabatweets
INFORMATION For Attractions
ATTRACTION OPENING TIMES COST
Westminster Abbey Check website www.westminster-abbey.org
Adult 18.0011-18yrs 8.00Under 11s free
Churchill War Rooms
Daily 9:30-6pmAdults 17.50
Under 16s free
Banqueting HouseDaily 10-1pm
But check website for closures
Adult 6.60Under 16s free
ACTIVITIESFrom Westminster to Trafalgar
1.Whoarethestatuesof,onthewestdoor(nexttotheshop)?
2.Canyoufindanyof theirnames?
3.WhatsmallchurchstandsnexttoWestminsterAbbey?
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4.HowmanystatuesareinParliamentSquare?
5.Canyouspotthestatueof AbrahamLincoln?WhichcountrywashePresidentof?
6.WhotriedtoblowuptheHousesof Parliament?
7.Onwhatdatedidhetrytoblowitup?
8.WhichnumberonDowningStreetdoesthePrimeMinisterlive?
9.WhichfamousKinghadhisheadcutoff atBanquetingHouse?
10.Whositsatopof thelargecolumninTrafalgarSquare?
-1- 20th Century
Martyrs -2- Answers can be
found on a notice on the railings.
-3- St. Margret’s Church -4- 8 stat-
ues -5- USA -6- Guy Fawkes -7- 5th
November 1605
-8- No 10 -9- King Charles I -10-
Horatio Nelson
AnswersFUN FACTS!
• Thereare450tombsinsideWestminsterAbbey,includingroyaltyandfamouspeople.Forseveralhundredyearsanyonewhocouldafforditcouldbeburiedthere-keepaneyeopenforsomeinterestinglookingtombs.
• WestminsterAbbeycontainsBritain’soldestdoor;itwasfoundintheChapterhouseandwasdatedbackto1050.
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• Since1308nearlyeveryMonarchhasbeencrownedonthefamousCoronationChair.Butitisactuallycoveredingraffiti–courtesyof schoolboysandvisitorsinthe1700sand1800s.
• BigBenisactuallythenameof oneof thebells.TheclocktowerthateveryonereferstoasBigBenwasrenamedElizabethTowerinhonourof theQueen’sDiamondJubilee.
• DowningStreetisnamedafterSirGeorgeDowning;borninIrelandandgrewupinNewEngland.Hewasoneof thefirstpeopletograduatefromHarvardandmovedtoEnglandduringtheCivilwarin1650.
• No.10DowningStreetwasoriginallyNo.5andwaschangedtoNo.10in1779.
• Thefamousblackdoorof No.10wasn’talwaysblack.From1908to1916itwasadarkgreen.
• No10DowningStreetisoneof themostheavilyguardedbuildingsinBritain.Thefrontdoorcannotbeopenedfromtheoutsidebecauseithasnohandle,andnoonecanenterthebuildingwithoutpassingthroughascannerandasetof securitygatesmannedbyarmedguards.However,inthefirstfiveyearsafterTonyBlairbecameprimeminister,37computers,fourmobilephones,twocameras,amini-discplayer,avideorecorder,fourprinters,twoprojectorsandabicyclewerestolenfromthebuilding.
• BanquetingHouseistheonlysurvivingbuildingof thePalaceof Whitehall,whichburntdownin1698.
• CharlesIfamouslastwordsbeforehisexecutionsatBanquetinghousewere“Igofromacorruptiblecrowntoanincorruptiblecrownwherenodisturbancecanbe.”
• TheHorseGuardParadewasformerlythesiteof thePalaceof Whitehall’stiltyard.Itiswheretournaments,suchasjousting,wereheldduringthereignof HenryVIII.
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Eye Spy TrailFor Younger Children
Can you find these objects on your trail?
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Parliament Square
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office Cenotaph
Nelson’s Column
Horse Guard’s Parade
Scotland Office
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