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Canary Wharf Tower

Canary Wharf

The Tallest building in the UK is in Canary Wharf, part of the London Docklands. One Canada Square, known as the Canary Wharf Tower, is 244 metres high and covered in stainless steel.

 

The O2 - Millenium Dome

Millenium Dome

The O2 in London is the largest dome in the world, covering over 180 acres; it is 320m in diameter and 50m high with support towers reaching 100m. It can accomodate Nelson's Column standing upright and the Eiffel Tower placed horizontally.
It was built on the Greenwich Meridian (0 degrees longitude) to commemorate the new millennium.

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Mandy is the creator of the Woodlands Resources section of the Woodlands Junior website. 
The two websites projectbritain.com and primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk are the new homes for the Woodlands Resources.

Mandy left Woodlands in 2003 to work in Kent schools as an ICT Consulatant. 
She now teaches computers at The Granville School and St. John's Primary School in Sevenoaks Kent.

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