London Bridge set to go woolly

A Free Sister of the City of London is going to exercise her right to drive sheep across London Bridge in order to highlight two causes close to her heart. Female Freemen are known as Free Sisters. Amanda Cottrell, a former High Sheriff, is hoping to raise awareness - and funds - for the Save Canterbury Cathedral Appeal. Cottrell is also trying to promote Produced in Kent, a scheme that is designed to encourage to buy food locally in the Garden of England.

Cottrell will be accompanied by Viscount Linley and historian David Starkey this Sunday morning, August 31.

The picture above was taken from besides London Bridge looking over to the North Bank of the River Thames.

Visitors to London can hear about the history of London Bridge with the Ride & Stride iPod travel guide and the City & South Bank Circular, London travel guide. The latter of the two London city walking tours is a combination of the Ride & Stride podcast guided tour and The City & Tower audio walking tour. To hear an audio sample from the City & South Bank Circular podcast guided tour please click here.

The original bridge across the Thames was built by the Romans. After the Roman withdrawal from Britain the bridge fell into disrepair. Hear about the various bridges that were built after the fifth century. Listeners to the Ride & Stride, London visitor guide or the City & South Bank Circular mp3 guided tour can hear about the origins of the song 'London Bridge is falling down..."

For almost four hundred years, from the early fourteenth century to the late seventeen century, the severed heads of convicted traitors would be displayed by the South Gate as a reminder to Londoners of the price for disobeying the king.

The current elegant concrete London Bridge was opened by the Queen in 1973. The current bridge's predecessor as London Bridge was dismantled and transported to Lake Havasu City, in Arizona.

One of the most famous byelaws in the capital relates to Trafalgar Square. "No person other than a person acting at the direction of the Mayor shall within Trafalgar Square –
(1) feed any bird (which shall include dropping or casting feeding stuff for birds);
or
(2) distribute any feeding stuff for birds." The above is taken from the updated Trafalgar Square byelaws of 2002.

Independent travellers can hear about the history of Trafalgar Square with the Palace Trail, Walk Talk Tour London travel guide. Listeners to the Palace Trail, London city walking tour can discover why Brain Haw is the sole anti-war protester allowed in Parliament Square. Hear the story behind the equestrian statue of Charles I, which stands on the roundabout at Charing Cross.

There are five Walk Talk Tour mp3 guided tours of London. The Walk Talk Tours of the English capital are all available in English, French, German and Spanish.

Visitors are forbidden from giving any animals at London Zoo a cigarette Under Section 17 of the Zoological Society of London Act (1928).

Each Walk Talk Tour London city guide costs just £5.95. Customers purchasing two tours at the same time will receive a twenty per cent discount. Buy three simultaneously and get thirty per cent off. Walk Talk Tours represent excellent value for people travelling in groups and parties.