1). The Imperial War museum.
Breathtaking. The Holocaust exhibition was my favourite (recommended age to enter this specific exhibition is 14 and over, for obvious reasons!). Last time I went, I didn't have time to visit the WW2 section so i'm revisiting it tomorrow! (Free entry).
2). The Tower of London
This is quite expensive (£22 each last time I visited, although, that included the Agincourt exhibition in the White Tower), however, it is worth it. Constructed after the conquest, this stronghold was once a royal residence, housed a variety of animals including leopards, an elephant, and lions, and was a gaol by the Tudor period.
3). Westminster Abbey.
Famously commissioned to be built by Edward the Confessor on the site of St Peter's Abbey, it was consecrated only a week before Edward's death, and Harold Godwinson was the first King to be crowned here. At £21 a ticket this is also expensive, but so worth it. 17 monarchs are buried here including Edward the Confessor, Edward III and Henry V, and writers such as Charles Dickens and Rudyard Kipling occupy 'Poets' Corner.
In my next post I'll do historical hotspots for Suffolk.
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