Going sightseeing in London

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• How many people travel into London every day?• When are the shops along Oxford street open?• What time does the Changing of the Guards start?

London sights

The History of the Tower of

London

Beefeaters

Count Cosimo, grand duke of Tuscany, visited the Tower in 1669 and commented "A lot of beef is

given to the guards daily... so they might be called Beef-eaters"

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The Ceremony of the Keys

• When is the Tower locked?• How often is the Ceremony

held?• How old is the Ceremony?

Tower Hill execution

“Private” executions

Executions in the Tower

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Learn the history of the zoogap-fill exercise

Legend says that the kingdom and the Tower will fall if the six ravens leave the fortress. It was Charles II, according to the stories, who

first insisted that the ravens of the Tower should be protected

Learn more about the ravens…matching exercise

London Quiz