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EXPLORER Belfast 9: HMS Belfast THAMES Look down at the river and you will see the grey shape and large guns of the warship HMS EXPLORER Belfast. Launched in 1938 and once part of the Royal Navy fleet, the famous ship is a survivor from World War II and many other conflicts besides. Retired in 1963 it’s now a floating Challenge museum with displays that demonstrate a sailor’s life and experiences on board a typical World War II fighting ship. Welcome to the first of several Thames Explorer Challenges. This is a chance to Most of HMS Belfast is painted in different shades of grey but running all the way along the get out into the fresh air, take in the sights of London, catch up with old friends ship’s side is the waterline where the hull of the ship meets the water of the river. Below the (or make new ones), walk, talk and enjoy London. waterline the ship is painted a different colour altogether. What colour is HMS Belfast painted below the water line? You can join the route from any point, simply find your way to the river- front and work out where you are from the information on the map. Fol- low the dark purple line to the various stops (you can go either clockwise red yellow black or anticlockwise), and record answers to the questions in the booklet. On a couple of occasions the route makes its way inland but there should be sufficient information to find your way back to the river again. A dashed line means the route goes underneath a building or bridge. The route can be completed all in one go, or across several days. Most of the route does not involve stairs however there are some kerbs and a few steep inclines (advice for wheelchair users is on our website, 10. City Hall go to FAQs and click the wheelchair link). The route is just over 4km long and there are plenty of amazing plac- Spot the large dome-shaped glass and metal building - some people say it looks like a beetle, es to stop on the way. It should take you around two some say an armadillo and some even say it looks like Darth Vader’s helmet! It’s actually City to three hours to complete (just over 7,000 steps or Hall, opened in 2002 and home to the Mayor of London, the head of London’s government. 2,100 wheelchair revolutions). Stand outside its main door and find the bronze 3D map model on the pavement. If possible we recommend putting away your The model shows this area from above - including the buildings, railways, roads and the river. smartphone for the next few hours and simply On top of some of the buildings are numbers. Add the numbers together! They add up to… enjoy the most beautiful city and river in the entire world*. But don’t forget to login and submit your 21 23 28 answers when you get back home - to earn your Thames Explorer Challenge certificate. Happy walking! THAMES EXPLORER TRUST 8 *according to Thames Explorer staff 1 City Circular Route City Circular 7: Shakespeare’s Globe Standing with your back to the river, spot the large round black and white wooden building, thatched with reeds. This is Shakespeare’s Globe. It’s a replica of the original Globe Theatre, where the plays of England’s most famous playwright William Shake- speare were originally performed over 400 years ago. Shakespeare’s Globe is made from the same kinds of materials that were used in London’s buildings in Shakespeare’s time. However, it was actually built in 1997. 1: Traitors’ Gate In front of Shakespeare’s Globe are two large black iron gates. Stuck to the front of the gates, and also made of iron are creatures, plants, and fungi, all of The Tower of London was built by William I (The Conqueror) in 1078, over 900 years ago. which feature in Shakespeare’s works. But who made these gates? Look to the left of the gates It was used as a palace for kings and queens of England – and as a prison for their enemies. and on the wall is a plaque that will help you. Was it: Prisoners would be brought by boat along the River Thames and enter the Tower by the water gate called Traitors’ Gate. There are no prisoners in the Tower nowadays, but it does blacksmiths ironworkers engineers house the royal treasure - The Crown Jewels! Find Traitors’ Gate. On each side of the gate are a number of cross-shaped arrow slits. How 8: Anchors at the Golden Hinde many can you see from here? 2 6 10 Spot the two old iron anchors that lie on the ground. Anchors were used to hold ships in position on the riverbed or seabed. Close by you can’t miss the wooden ship, the Golden Hinde, a replica of Sir Francis Drake’s famous ship orginally built in 1577, reproduced almost 450 years later in 1973. Drake sailed around the world in the Golden Hinde, returning to Eng- land in 1580. In 1974 this replica was itself sailed around the world to celebrate Drake’s famous journey. Nowadays It’s a tourist attraction, also used as a classroom to teach seafaring history. The anchor furthest away from the Golden Hinde has two different shapes stamped in the metal of its shaft. Are the shapes: 2: Old Billingsgate circle and triangle square and triangle circle and square You’ve arrived at Old Billingsgate Market. In the past this was one of the most important of the many markets in the City of London. It’s located right next to the River Thames – per- fect for ships and boats to supply the market with goods to be sold. Since being founded by the Romans 2000 years ago the riverside of the City of London, has been a very, very busy place. Look up at the roof of Old Billingsgate Market. High on the roof top, painted in gold, are a kind of animal. These give you a clue as to what the traders used to sell in the market. Are the golden animals on the roof: THAMES fish geese cows EXPLORER 7 Challenge 2 5: Queenhithe Dock and wall mosaic Spot the beautiful wall mosaic. Behind the wall is Queenhithe Dock, built by King Alfred the Great more than 1200 years ago. Many different kinds of goods used to be brought here by 3: St. Magnus-the-Martyr ship and boat. We know that because archaeologists have dug down here, into the foreshore (the beach-like area in front of the riverbank) and have found lots of things left behind by peo- Standing with your back to the river, spot the tower of St. Mag- ple that used to use the dock in the past. The wall mosaic is 30 metres long! This shows 2000 nus-the-Martyr church, one of 47 surviving churches in the City years of London’s and the dock’s history, including some of the goods which would have been of London. If the church is open you can go inside and see the unloaded here over the years. world famous 4m long model of Old London Bridge. Just behind the church you’ll see a large stone column with a flaming golden According to what you can see on the wall mural, which of the goods listed below has NEVER urn on the top. This is the Monument to the terrible Great Fire of been unloaded at Queenhithe Dock: London of 1666, which destroyed a large part of the City. bananas grain sugar Turn and face the river. Somewhere along the embankment wall you should see an emergency life ring in a red plastic box. According to the instructions, in the case of an emergency where 6: Millennium Measure glass obelisk someone has fallen into the river or is in danger of doing so, who should you call? You’ve made it to the Millennium Measure glass obelisk - made in the year 2000 by The Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers to celebrate the Millennium. It has 3 glass Ambulance River Police Coastguard sides, showing significant events that have happened both in London and the world in the last 2000 years. It’s a time gauge with the oldest things at the bottom and the newest at the top. Above you, crossing the river you’ll see the Millennium Bridge, a 4: Cannon Street Railway Bridge footbridge also opened in the year 2000 to celebrate the Millennium. The day it first opened it became known as the “swaying bridge” because it wobbled Facing the River Thames, on your right-hand side, spot Cannon Street Railway Bridge and swayed so much as people walked across it! carrying trains across the river from Cannon Street Railway Station. Look across the river to the southern bank. Spot the old wharf buildings, two rare survivors from hundreds that An important event from the 9th Century is recorded used to line the Thames in this part of London. Wharves are places where ships and boats on one of the Millennium Measure’s glass surfaces. This can stop, and using cranes, unload their goods and cargo for storage. event is written as “ALFRED ______ CITY” One of the wharf buildings you can see across the river has the name Winchester Wharves Write the seventh letter of the shown on the outside of the building. Another, larger wharf building close by also has its missing word in the box! name shown on it.
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