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Places to visit
Bede's World
Find out about the life and work of Bede, including a visit to the monastery remains, an Anglo-Saxon farm and an exhibition.
Church Bank, Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, NE3 3DY
Tel: 0191 489 21
British Museum
View the treasures found at Sutton Hoo where the grave of an Anglo-Saxon king was discovered in 1939.
Great Russell Street, WC1B 3DG
Tel: 020 7323 8000
Lindisfarne Priory
Visit the famous Anglo-Saxon monastery raided by the Vikings in the 8th century.
Holy Island, Berwick Upon Tweed, TD15 2RX
Tel: 01289 389200
Offa's Dyke
Walk along the long earth wall and ditch built by the King of Mercia in the 8th century to keep the Welsh out of his kingdom.
Offa's Dyke Centre, Knighton, Powys, LD7 1EN
Tel: 01547 528753
Sutton Hoo
View the remains of an Anglo-Saxon ship burial discovered by archaeologists in 1939.
Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 3AJ
Visits arranged through the Sutton Hoo Society.
e-mail: visits@suttonhoo.org
West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village
Visit a reconstruction of an Anglo-Saxon village and find out what is was like to live in Anglo-Saxon times.
The Visitor Centre, Icklingham Road, West Stow, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP28, 6HG
Tel: 01284 728718
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Books to read
Reeve J. & Chattington J. The Anglo-Saxon Activity Book (British Museum Press)
Stoppleman M. What Happened Here?: Anglo-Saxon Village (A & C Black)
Hull R. The Anglo-Saxons in Britain (Hodder Wayland)
Williams B. The Saxons and Vikings (Heinemann)
Whittock M. Living in Anglo-Saxon England (Heinemann)
Loverance R. BBC Fact Finders: The Anglo-Saxons (BBC)
Deary T. The Smashing Saxons (Scholastic)
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Web links
The British Museum Compass Site
COMPASS is a database of 4000 objects from the collections of the British Museum, including the Sutton Hoo treasure. This link takes you to the start of the children's online tour on Anglo-Saxon England.
The Bayeux Tapestry
The Anglo-Saxon period in England came to an end in 1066 when the Normans invaded England. The Bayeux Tapestry shows the story of the invasion.
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