Blagrave Street · Reading
Britain's Bayeux Tapestry
Find the 70-metre embroidered replica of one of history's most famous battles.
- ⏱ 25 min
- 💷 £0
- 🥾 Easy
In 1885, 35 Victorian women spent a year hand-stitching a full-size copy of the Bayeux Tapestry, and Reading Museum has had it on display ever since — free to see, and just as long as the original in Normandy. Somewhere along its 70 metres is Halley's Comet, stitched in a year nobody knew what a comet was.
What you’ll do
- 1Head to the museum
- 2Walk the tapestry
- 3Prove it
Save it, send it to friends or plan your day around it. Free on the web, no download.
Photo: Jack1956, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Forbury Gardens
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