The Best Classic Day Trips from London Part V

In part V of this series of the best day trips from London, we will be travelling by river on the River Thames which has played an integral part in Londonu2019s history. One of the reasons the Romans settled in the city of Londinium since AD43 was because they could easily build a bridge over the river at that point. Then some 800 years later Viking longboats sailed up the Thames to raid London. On one of the raids, the Vikings were led by Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye! What a great name! In 1013 another greatly named king, Forkbeard of Denmark, the son of Harold Bluetooth, occupied London. A few years

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