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Popular Off the Beaten Path | Miscellaneous Off the Beaten Path Tips | All Tips (1,526)  | |  |  | WESTMINSTER ABBEY The College Garden | Tip Rating:   |  |  | |  |
College Garden occupies a site that has been under continuous cultivation for more than 900 years. It was here that the Abbey's first Infirmary garden was established in the eleventh century. The Infirmarer, a Senior Monk of the Abbey, had care of the sick and elderly members of the monastic community as well as administering a dispensary for local people. He would have directed the planting and cultivation of the various herbs needed for medicinal purposes in the Infirmary. Some of these herbs, such as fennel and hyssop, are still grown in the garden today. Westminster Abbey is the crowning and burial place of British monarchs. It has its world famed Poet's Corner with memorials to Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, the Bronte's sisters, Tennyson, Longfellow, Wordsworth, Burns, Dickens, Thackeray, Hardy, Kipling and other leading writers. Only a few however, are actually buried there. Here too is that touching symbol of a nation's grief, The Grave of the Unknown Warrior. Leave a Comment Phone: +44 (0) 20 7222 5152Website: http://www.westminster-abbey.org/
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| | | | St. Katharine's Dock | Tip Rating: | | | | |
It was amazing. Apart from a few new items like a restaurant it was like walking back in time. The wonderful old cargo boats, the bond warehouses. I was entranced, and not for the first time, in London. St Katharine Docks has been the focus of worldwide trade and commerce for over 1,000 years. It is one of London's undiscovered treasures, an attractive waterside environment with a mixture of shops, restaurants, offices and luxury apartments as well as yachts and motorboats which come each year to use the berthing facilities at this, London's premier marina. Curious visitors to this historic site will also find the famous Dickens Inn, the oldest building at St Katharine Docks and on the River Thames. St Katharine's is located in the Pool of London and is an active member of the Pool of London Partnership (www.pooloflondon.co.uk), an organisation which has been set up to promote and develop the area as a high quality tourist destination in order to provide employment opportunities for local residents and growth potential for local firms. Leave a Comment
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As London is a city of huge mix of everything, the language has many different accents, as well. English people use lots of slang, sometimes no endings or missed words. That's daily English language. European or American English sounds much better to my ears than British English. Leave a Comment
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| | | | Headcorn - in Kent! | Tip Rating: | | | | |
Further into Kent and another interesting name for yet another interesting village! This is about a 2 hour drive from London by car, shorter by train. It is very close to Biddenden, and we ventured here in search of a cream tea, when the recommended tea place in Biddenden proved to be closed! But we were glad we came here as the tea was superb, as was the scone (have a look at my restaurant tip re it!). Headcorn has a rather interesting history! It started out as a 'den' or clearing of land, where pigs lived. Later on, this land was given to the Maison Dieu at Ospringe, near Faversham the King Henry III. From then on, a weekly market started and the village grew from there. Under King Edward III the weaving industry flourished in this village, and Headcorn's prosperity can be attributed to this era. It is by no means a large town, but it is small and bustling, with a life of its own. Plus the tea and scones are divine! (This tip appears in Kent too, so pls do not rate it if you have rated the Kent one already. Thanks). Leave a Comment Website: www.headcorn.org.uk
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