Cenotaph in West Park

1. How many names are inscribed on the Cenotaph memorial?

(Originally 1800 when the memorial was unveiled in 1920, then increased to 2008)

2. What does the cenotaph commemorate?

(The soldiers who were killed in World War I)

3. What do the green glass walls show?

(Names of Southampton citizens who have been killed in more recent wars)

Titanic Memorial in East Park

4. When did the Titanic sink?

(15th April 1912)

5. Who was the Titanic memorial built in memory of?

(The Titanic Engineers who died in the sinking of the ships)

6. How many names are engraved on the memorial?

(35)

7. Complete the following text from the Memorial:

GREATER LOVE HATH NO __MAN__ THAN

THIS. THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS

LIFE FOR HIS _____FRIENDS_____

TO THE ___MEMORY____ OF THE ENGINEER __ OFFICERS___

OF THE R.M.S "TITANIC" WHO SHOWED

THEIR HIGH CONCEPTION OF DUTY AND THEIR

_____HEROISM___ BY REMAINING AT THEIR POSTS

15TH APRIL 1912.

General Knowledge as walking down Above Bar

8. How many passengers were onboard the Titanic when it set sail from
Southampton?
(a). First class: 195
b). Second class: 234
c). Third class: 497 Total = 926)
9. Where was the Titanic actually built?
(Belfast and Liverpool)

10. How many cats were on-board the Titanic? (Cats were commonly taken on-board
to control pests and to bring good luck to the ship!)
(0)

History of QE2 Mile posters

11. When was the QE2 ship launched?

(1967)

12. Why was the QE2 called the Queen Elizabeth 2, and not the Queen Elizabeth?
(To distinguish between the Queen and the ship.)

13. Which ship rescued the QE2 when it broke down on its journey to San Juan?
(The Sea Venture.)

14. Why did the FBI board the QE2 in May 1972?
(There was a bomb hoax.)

15. When was the QE2 used for the Navy?

(1975 when it went to the Falklands.)

16. Did passengers like the grey-painted hull?

(No, so they repainted it matt black.)

17. When did the QE2’s role as Flagship for Cunard come to an end?
(2004)

18. Where did the Queen Elizabeth 2 and the Queen Mary 2 reunite?
(Sydney, Australia, in 2007.)

19. When did the QE2 retire?

(Its final voyage was in November 2008 and it was decommissioned on 27th
November 2008.)

20. Where is the QE2 now?

(Dubai, where it is birthed as a floating hotel/events venue.)

Interesting fact: At the time of her retirement QE2 had sailed nearly six million miles, carried
2.5 million passengers and completed 806 trans-Atlantic crossings
The QE2 Mile in Southampton is named after the famous ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2.

Despite a very token effort at revitalizing the city, there are a few pointers on the mile
that do warrant 5-stars.

1) QE2's 12.5 ton anchor (one of three of this size carried aboard) is found at the very
bottom end of the mile, in the old town. The anchor is huge and an extremely impressive
site. Sadly it's located in completely the wrong place, almost hidden away near old
abandoned buildings. We thought a 12.5 ton anchor would be easy to spot but the city has
done a brilliant job at hiding it - so you may want to ask at the maritime museum for
precise directions - but it's very impressive once you find it so well worth checking out!!

RMS Queen Elizabeth II, or QE2 for short, was a luxury ocean-going cruise liner whose
home port was Southampton during all of its cruising life, between 1967 and 2008. The
QE2 was 963 feet long, 171 feet high and had a maximum recorded speed of 34 knots or
39mph, with 20 knots or 23mph travelling astern, and could carry up to 1,892 passengers
on 12 decks with a crew of 1,040. In 2008 she was sold to Dubai, despite a campaign to
keep her in Southampton.

The Queen Elizabeth II's successor, the Queen Elizabeth, also has Southampton as its
home port.

Southampton's QE2 Mile, Southampton, Hampshire, UK

In Southampton, running through the heart of the historic and contemporary city centre,
is the road recently renamed the QE2 Mile. This is a road of two halves - south
and below Southampton's Bargate it is known as High Street, above and north of
the Bargate it is known as Above Bar Street. The QE2 Mile passes alongside
parks, various shopping centres and through pedestrian areas, (which are near to
the remaining buildings of the historic town), before ending at Town Quay and the docks.
Southampton was the home of the famous Queen Elizabeth II cruise liner, also known as
the QE2, for almost 40 years.

Five of Southampton's walking Heritage Trails begin from off the QE2 Mile:

 The City Walls Trail

 The Jane Austin Trail
 The Titanic Trail
 The Parks Trail
 The Heritage Trail

The Origin Of The QE2 Mile

The QE2 mile was an idea designed to attract tourists to Southampton and celebrate some
of Southampton's features. Edinburgh has a Royal Mile between Edinburgh Castle and
the Palace of Holyroodhouse and Blackpool has a Golden Mile, and so it was decided to
name the main road through Southampton City Centre The QE2 Mile.

A competition was organised by Southampton City Council and local newspaper The
Daily Echo to find a name for this stretch of Southampton. Over a hundred suggestions
were put forward. These were shortlisted to five, the other four were Titanic Mile,
Bargate Mile, Ocean Mile and Spitfire Mile. These titles were judged by Southampton
FC footballer Matt Le Tissier, Councillor Royston Smith and Daily Echo editor in chief
Ian Murray. They announced that QE2 Mile was their final choice, saying that the
legendary ship’s name should live on in Southampton for generations to come. Matt Le
Tissier went on to say that the QE2 was a defining icon not only of Southampton, but
Britain as a whole.

'I have been in Southampton for 24 years, it is my home, and the QE2 has always been
associated with this city and will be for many more years to come.'

Neither the High Street or Above Bar Street will be officially renamed, but will also be
known as part of the QE2 Mile. Many inhabitants of Southampton feel that the name is
rather farfetched, especially as at no point in its cruising history has the QE2 sailed up the
QE2 Mile, and with all but one attractions on the route having no connection with the
ship at all. Many more are unaware of the fact that High Street and Above Bar Street are
now known as the QE2 Mile.

The QE2

RMS Queen Elizabeth II, or QE2 for short, was a luxury ocean-going cruise liner whose
home port was Southampton during all of its cruising life, between 1967 and 2008. The
QE2 was 963 feet long, 171 feet high and had a maximum recorded speed of 34 knots or
39mph, with 20 knots or 23mph travelling astern, and could carry up to 1,892 passengers
on 12 decks with a crew of 1,040. In 2008 she was sold to Dubai, despite a campaign to
keep her in Southampton.

The Queen Elizabeth II's successor, the Queen Elizabeth, also has Southampton as its
home port.

Attractions On Route:

The QE2 Mile runs north-south. Its southernmost point is the Town Quay pier and
its northernmost point is at the crossroads where Above Bar Street meets
Brunswick Place to the East and Cumberland Place to the West, with London
Road above. The first place of significance is the Titanic Musicians' Memorial,
which is located just northwest of the start of the QE2 mile, on the corner of
London Road and Cumberland Place. This is located on the outside of a law firm office
building.

The Titanic Musicians' Memorial

The original Titanic Musicians' Memorial was destroyed during the Second World War,
and this is a replacement. Southampton was the ninth most bombed part of Great Britain
during the Second World War1. The memorial includes the opening bars of the hymn
'Nearer My God To Thee', a grieving woman and the infamous iceberg. It names all the
musicians who died on the RMS Titanic, which set sail from Southampton in 1912. No
musicians onboard the Titanic survived.

From the Titanic Musicians' Memorial, cross London Road at the pedestrian crossing,
then cross Brunswick Place at the pedestrian crossing and walk south on the East side of
the road alongside Andrews Park. This is a restricted access road and is only used by
taxis, buses and bicycles.
Andrews Park

Andrews Park, also known as East Park, started life as medieval town fields or Lammas
Lands that were cultivated privately for six months each year until 1 August (Lammas
Day), when they became available for common grazing. Andrews Park was originally
part of East Marlands field, 'Marlands' being derived over time from 'Mary Lands', named
from the St Mary Magdalene Church and Leper Hospital located in this area of
Southampton between the 12th and 14th Centuries. Under the 1844 Marsh Improvement
Act, Southampton Corporation, as the council was then known, bought the Lammas
Lands in order for them to be 'devoted and kept exclusively as open space for the general
and public advantage of the inhabitants of Southampton'. Andrews Park is named after
Richard Andrews, (1796 - 1859), who was five times Mayor of Southampton. A statue of
him was unveiled in 1861. The park also houses The Queen's Peace Fountain which was
Southampton's Millennium Project, opened in 2001, to commemorate 56 years of peace
granted to the nation under the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.

Andrews Park also holds a Rock Garden, fish pond, tennis courts, putting green, cultural
crazy golf course, flower and rose gardens, toilets and a café .

Carry on down next to Andrews Park to the Titanic Engineer Officers' Memorial.
The Titanic Engineer Officers' Memorial

This is the grandest of the Titanic memorials in Southampton. It is dedicated to the

engineer officers onboard the Titanic, none of whom survived. The memorial was
unveiled in April, 1914 and, built of grey granite and bronze, is 30 feet long and 20 feet
high. In the centre a superb winged angel is flanked by representations of engineer
officers. The names inscribed on the memorial include Thomas Andrews, designer of the
ship, Archibald Frost and Robert Knight all from Harland and Wolff, the builders of the
Titanic.

From the Titanic Engineer Officers' Memorial, cross Above Bar Street to see The
Cenotaph, located on the outskirts of Watts Park.
The Cenotaph
Southampton's Cenotaph, or War Memorial, was unveiled for Remembrance Day, 11
November, 1920, to commemorate those who died during the Great War. It was paid for
by public donations and built by Sir Edwin Lutyens who later also constructed the main
Whitehall Cenotaph in London. The names of 2,008 Southampton men who died during
the Great War are inscribed on it. Like many cenotaphs it is tall, white and built of
Portland stone and topped with a coat of arms, a wreath and a coffin guarded by two
lions.

Head south passing the Cenotaph alongside Watts Park.

Watts Park

Second of the original Southampton parks that was the site of the mediæval Lammas
Lands, this was the West Marlands field and is now known as the West Park or Watts
Park, named after Sir Isaac Watts. Isaac Watts, who was born in Southampton in 1674,
was a famous author, educator, philosopher and hymn writer. He is now mainly
remembered for his hymns which include 'Our God, Our Help in Ages Past', the tune of
which chimes from the Civic Centre clock at 8am, noon and 4pm, and the Christmas
carol 'Joy To The World'. He also wrote the poem 'How doth the little busy bee' which
was parodied in Alice In Wonderland as 'How Doth The Little Crocodile'. A statue of
Isaac Watts was unveiled in the park in 1861.

From here continue South across the zebra crossing over Commercial Road to the
Matthews Building, part of Southampton Solent University.
Southampton Solent University - Matthews Building

The Matthews Building, the full name of which is the Sir James Matthews building, is
now part of Southampton Solent University. This has been Southampton's second
university2 since 2005, although it has been an educational establishment since 1856. The
building was formerly the Plummers department store, a South Coast chain later taken
over by Debenhams. It now holds the University's conference facilities, an academic
bookshop and a cafe, and is named after Sir James Matthews, an eminent educationalist.
The side of the building overlooking Watts Park since Remembrance Day 2010 has a
splendid painting entitled 360° Roll. This shows a series of images of a Spitfire
completing a Victory Roll. The Spitfire was designed and built in Southampton and first
flew from Southampton Airport.

Continue to walk down the road passed the Matthews Building. You will soon find
yourself in Guildhall Square, a large square that stretches across the road into Matthews
Park on your left and to the Civic Centre building on your right. This is the focus of the
2010 Southampton Cultural Quarter project.
Cultural Quarter - Guildhall Square

The Cultural Quarter is an effort to link many of Southampton's notable buildings

together in one area. These include three organisations not located on the QE2 Mile, the
Mayflower theatre, the BBC South Broadcasting House and main campus of
Southampton Solent University. The Civic Centre complex, built in the 1930s, at the far
end of the Guildhall Square features other interesting edifices, these are the Guildhall, the
City Library and Archives, Southampton City Art Gallery and the proposed Sea City
Museum. The Sea City Museum is proposed to be located in the Civic Centre complex in
the area currently occupied by the Police Station. When the new replacement Police
Station, currently under construction, is finished the new museum is due to focus on
Southampton's most famous ship, the RMS Titanic, as well as display nautical items in
the Art Gallery's collection. This is planned to be opened by April 2012 in time for the
100th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Among the items to be on display in this
museum, to be named the Sea City Museum, are likely to be many currently displayed in
Southampton's Maritime Museum as well as the Titanic Postal Workers' Memorial3
which was removed from the former Post Office after it was closed.

One of the most notable parts of the Civic Centre complex is the Clock Tower. In 2006 it
was proposed to convert the top of the clock tower into a laser lighthouse at a cost of over
a quarter of a million pounds, to be named the Laser Gateway. This would emit laser
beams in all four compass directions for a distance of 15 miles. After a massive protest
from the majority of people living within 15 miles of Southampton, including the
inhabitants of the Isle of Wight, Winchester, Portsmouth, Eastleigh and the New Forest as
well as Southampton, environmental groups and astronomers, this idea was abandoned.

The Guildhall Square links the site of former department store Tyrrell and Green4 to
Andrews Park, although there are suspended plans to build an arts complex there. This it
is hoped, will provide easier access between the Civic Centre and Central Parks. It also
allows easier movement between the two sections of Southampton Solent University.
Also in Andrews Park, as part of the Cultural Quarter scheme, the former bowling green5
is being transformed into a cultural crazy golf course.

Cross the road where the Guildhall Square stretches across Above Bar Street and
continue south along the road, passing a pub, shops and restaurants. Across the road you
will see a new glass building, built in 2010, built on the site of the former C&A
department store which closed in 2001. Continue down to the traffic lights where Above
Bar Street meets New Road. The road on the right leads to the Tourist Information Office
and Southampton Central railway station. However cross over New Road continuing
south down Above Bar Street. You will see Palmerston Park on your left.
Palmerston Park

Palmerston Park, another of Southampton's historic city centre parks, is named after
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, (1784 – 1865). He began his extraordinary
political career as MP for Newport, Isle of Wight in 1807 and later became MP for South
Hampshire. He was Prime Minister from 1855 to 1858 as leader of the Whigs and later as
a Liberal, a political party that he formed, from 1859 until his death. His term in office is
famous for his fierce foreign policy matched only by his determination to abolish slavery
worldwide. He was the last Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to die in office and his
last words were the witty 'Die, my dear doctor? That's the last thing I shall do.'
In the park and visible from Above Bar Street is a seven foot tall white marble and
granite statue of Lord Palmerston. Paid for by public subscription it was unveiled by the
Earl of Caernarvon in June, 1869. Lord Palmerston lived at Broadlands House in nearby
Romsey. Also in Palmerston Park is the Bandstand. This was newly-built in 1999. The
original bandstand was erected in 1885 and stood until 1940, when after suffering bomb
damage the metal was salvaged to help the war effort.

Continue down Above Bar Street. This stretch is restricted to bus, taxi and bicycle traffic
only. You are now entering Southampton's major shopping area. Much of this area was
heavily bombed during the Second World War and it is dominated by grey stone and red
brick buildings. Across the road is the Marlands Shopping Centre.
The Marlands Shopping Centre

Built on the site of the St Mary Magdalene Church and Leper Hospital, founded in 1173
on this site outside Southampton's town walls, and from which the name 'Marlands'
derives, the Marlands Shopping Centre opened in 1991 and was the largest shopping
centre in Southampton for almost a decade. It was built on the site of Southampton's bus
station and demolished housing, and retains the facades of some of the houses on the
original site inside the centre itself. In 2006 an attempt was made to re-name the
Marlands 'The Mall' after the group which owns a chain of shopping centres in Britain,
however this bland name has been ignored by the people of Southampton who prefer the
name 'The Marlands' and the over eight hundred years of history that this name
represents.

Continue down the road, passing the shops and a row of bus stops and cross Above Bar
Street when the road curves round to the right. You should now be entering a
pedestrianised area. Every November and December this is used as the location of
Southampton's German Christmas market. This area is dominated by Southampton's
largest shopping centre - the West Quay.
West Quay

The West Quay is by far the largest shopping centre in Southampton. Opened in 2000 it
contains approximately 100 shops and restaurants of various sizes on several floors, and
the main entrance is in Above Bar Street. The name derives from the site in the medieval
period, being near what was Southampton's western quayside, before land reclamation.

Continue down Above Bar Street to the road, Hanover Buildings. Although
pedestrianised, buses and taxis are allowed to use this road. A glimpse left shows nearby
Hoglands and Houndwell Parks, Southampton's other central parks. A look right, along
the medieval walls, shows access to Arundel Tower next to the West Quay Shopping
Centre. Across the road lies the Bargate, Southampton's major medieval north gateway
into the old town of Southampton.
The Bargate

The main entrance to the walled town of Southampton was through the Bargate at
the northern end of the town. Since the time of Henry II, many of the Kings and
Queens of England have passed through the Bargate. By 1175, a simple square stone
tower had been built, and the arch completed. There was a ditch in front of the gate with a
bridge over it and ramparts on either side. Between 1260 and 1290, the ramparts were
replaced by a stone wall. Round drum-towers were built on either side of the gateway and
a hall was constructed on the first floor. The faç ade between the towers was added by
1420, with battlements and machicolations6. The ditch was filled in 1771, when the road
through the bargate was paved. The shields were added in the 17th and 18th Centuries,
showing crests of the families who ruled Southampton at the time; the shields of St
George and St Andrew were also added at this time.

Guarding the Bargate are two lions, reflecting the local legend of Sir Bevis of Hampton,
the mythical founder of Southampton. The first lions were put up in 1522, when the
Bargate was decorated for the visit of King Charles V of Spain. The original wooden
lions were replaced by the current lead lions in 1743. There were also two painted panels
hung on either side of the gateway showing Sir Bevis and Ascupart, which are now
preserved inside.

On the south side of the Bargate are three archways, a statue of George III dressed as the
Roman Emperor Hadrian, made in 1809, and a sundial from 1705. There is also a 17th
Century bell, which would be rung in times of emergency. The Bargate was a toll gate,
and every cart carrying goods into and out of Southampton had to pay a tax. Inside the
Bargate can be found the remains of a cell, as the Bargate's hall was used as a courtroom,
until the Magistrate's Court at the Civic Centre was built. It was the Magistrates Court
that was later used as a Police Station and is being developed into the Sea City Museum.

It is from the Bargate that the 'Jane Austin' and 'Walk The Walls' trails begin. Walking
through the Bargate will take you inside the medieval town of Southampton. This is
where Above Bar Street becomes High Street. Until October, 2010 the first floor of the
Bargate was used as an art gallery. You can follow the line of the city wall east or west in
specially marked paving stones, heading East will take you through a narrow passage in
the shops surrounding the Bargate that leads to more of the city wall. Between 1879 to
1949 trams operated down this section of the High Street. The trams had specially shaped
roofs to allow them to pass through the gateway of the Bargate, as before 1932, the only
route between Southampton High Street and Above Bar was through the Bargate's central
arch.

If you wish to see the Bargate at its best avoid Fridays as a market is held around the
Bargate's pedestrian area each Friday.

Bargate Shopping Centre

To the left of the Bargate is the Bargate Shopping Centre. This was the first shopping
centre to open on the QE2 Mile, opening in the mid 1980s. It has three floors and several
shops and attracts younger customers interested in alternative fashions rather than the
larger and busier shopping centres of the Marlands and the West Quay.
World War II Memorial

Outside the entrance to the Bargate Shopping Centre is a large stone containing a plaque
commemorating the Second World War. It states:

Southampton In The Second World War 1939 - 1945

During the 1939 - 45 War Southampton suffered great damage from repeated air attacks.
The worst raids were on 30 November and 1 December, 1940. The Town Centre was
virtually destroyed, 630 Citizens died, nearly 1900 were injured, 3,589 buildings were
destroyed and over 40,000 damaged. 2,631 high-explosive bombs and 30,652 incendiary
bombs were recorded.
More than 3.5 million members of the Allied Forces including over two million United
States Troops embarked from Southampton in 1944 - 45 for the Invasion of Occupied
Europe.
Follow the road south away from the Bargate, following the pedestrian area. When the
pedestrian zone reaches the road, stay on the left hand side. Keep your eyes open for
plaques set into the pavement which tell the story of Southampton. On the corner with
East Street, another shopping road, on what is at time of writing the Oxfam Music Shop,
there is a plaque.
All Saints Church

This plaque on the corner of High Street and Above Bar Street commemorates the site
where All Saints Church stood, until it was destroyed in the war. This is 'site 2' in the
Jane Austen trail as the famous author regularly attended the Georgian Church that once
stood here.

Continue down the High Street, which was also named English Street in the later
Mediæval period, when the Huguenots who had fled from France lived in Southampton's
French Street area. On your right, behind the HSBC Bank, you can just get a glance of
Southampton Castle's walls, one of the few surviving parts of Southampton Castle. Keep
your eyes open for pavement plaques on the left side of the road. Many of the buildings in
this area of Southampton that survived the bombing were formerly banks, and are now
used as wine bars. Keeping to your left, you will soon reach the Star Hotel with its
distinctive coaching inn arch leading to its former stable courtyard.
Star Hotel

This was originally a coaching inn and was one of the best hotels in Southampton when
Southampton was a fashionable spa town famous for its chalybeate waters, during Jane
Austen's time. Outside there is still a notice informing passers-by that 'every day except
Sunday a coach will take passengers to London via Alresford and Alton in ten hours'.

Cross over the road to the right-hand-side and, on the southern corner with West Street is
a fenced off area containing steps leading down to Lankaster's Vault.
Lankaster's Vault
Although much of medieval Southampton no longer exists above ground, several
medieval stone vaults still survive. These were originally constructed by merchants
wishing to store goods that had come in to the port but have been used throughout the
centuries, and in particular during the Second World War when they were used as air raid
shelters. There are several vaults down the High Street, particularly next to Canute's
Palace, some of which are occasionally open to the public. One of these is Lankaster's
Vault, which is located behind an iron fence at the south side of the corner of West Street
and High Street.

Unfortunately, between 2005 and 2008, when a map of the vaults open to the public was
produced, the map incorrectly showed the location of Lankaster's Vault as being on the
north side of the corner of West Street and High Street. This location was in fact
occupied by a bank, which soon experienced a stream of tourists entering the bank
demanding to be allowed access to its vault! Fortunately the staff soon realised the
mistake and no-one was arrested for attempted robbery.

Cross the road back to the left-hand-side of the High Street, where you will see the
distinctive double-bay windows of the Dolphin Hotel.
Dolphin Hotel

The Dolphin Hotel dates back to a mediæval house constructed in 1250 that first became
a hotel around 1550 and was converted into a coaching inn in the 1700s. The Dolphin
Hotel was given a Georgian façade and, like the Spa Hotel, it became a fashionable spa
hotel that was often the venue for dances, routs and assemblies. Jane Austen, herself, had
her 18th birthday celebrations at the Dolphin Hotel, with the arrangements for her ball
being made by Florence Nightingale's mother. William Makepeace Thackeray is also
known to have lodged here and wrote his novel Pendennis by the light of the window,
which claims to be England's largest bay window. Other guests include Queen Victoria,
Lord Nelson and Orson Wells, some of whom are claimed to haunt the hotel. William
Shakespeare and his performers played in the yard of the Inn for his patron the Earl of
Southampton. This is 'site 9' on the Jane Austen trail.

Continue down the High Street on the left-hand-side to the roofless remains of Holyrood
Church.
Holyrood Church

One of Southampton's five medieval churches, built in 1320, Holyrood Church is a ruin
since it was bombed during the Second World War. Now a memorial to the Merchant
Navy, it also holds a memorial to the crew of the Titanic, paid for by the friends and
relatives of those who died on that ship. Some of the church's treasures, including a 14th
Century brass Eagle lectern, were rescued during the blaze and now rest in nearby St
Michael's Church. The quarterjacks, figures which strike Holyrood Church's bell every
fifteen minutes, are visible beneath the church's clock.

Outside Holyrood Church is a brass cross set in the pavement. There are two stories
connected with this. The first is that it marks the spot where King Philip of Spain in 1554,
on his way to marry Queen Mary in Winchester Cathedral, knelt to give thanks to God
that he survived the sea crossing from Spain. Philip certainly attended a mass in
Holyrood Church. The other is that it marks the spot where there was a miraculous escape
from harm when, on the opening of the Hartley Institute in 1862, some of the students
climbed onto the tower and spire of the church to see the Prime Minister, Lord
Palmerston, declare the institute open. In their zeal to get a perfect view they dislodged a
spherical stone ornament which crashed to the crowded street below. Fortunately, this
narrowly missed all of the spectators and landing on the spot marked by the plaque.

The Titanic Crew Memorial

A Memorial to the crew, stewards and firemen just inside Holyrood Church, on the right.
The Titanic is shown at sea, and the memorial was originally a fountain. Next to the
memorial is a 'talking post' where you can listen to the story of the Titanic and its
relationship with Southampton.

Look to the South of Holyrood Church, where the QE2 Anchor is located.
QE2 Anchor

Despite selling the ship itself to Dubai, Cunard donated the QE2's 13-tonne anchor to the
city of Southampton. It is to be situated outside Holyrood Church. Councillor Royston
Smith, leader of Southampton City Council, said:

'It is very important Cunard's generous gift gets a home in Southampton. Not only will it
add an important heritage site to the city, it will also raise the profile of the QE2 Mile
and attract more people to Southampton's Old Town.... Giving this anchor a home in the
city will bring great pride to Southampton's residents.'
After crossing Bernard Street continuing south, look right. Uphill at the top of St
Michael's Street, the back and spire of St Michael's Church is visible.
St Michael's Church

Founded in 1070, St Michael's is the oldest of Southampton's churches and the only one
to have survived intact. This is despite the 1338 French raid shortly after the start of the
100 years war, when many of Southampton's inhabitants were slaughtered inside the
church. The distinctive spire dates from the 15th Century. In 1887, to create a shipping
landmark, the spire was made even taller to reach its current 165 feet. The spire was used
as a landmark by German bombers during the Second World War, who used it to guide
their attacks on Southampton and who were instructed to avoid bombing this distinctive
feature at all costs, which is why St Michael's Church was the only Southampton church
to come through the war unscathed.

Continue along the left hand side of the road until you reach a distinctive looking pub.
Red Lion Inn

A 15th Century timber framed building which claims to be England's second oldest pub.
It is also claimed to be the site of the courtroom where those plotting against King Henry
V were tried in 1415, as dramatised by William Shakespeare in Act II of his play Henry
V. The traitors were the Earl of Cambridge, Lord Scrope and Sir Thomas Grey.

Continue along the road until you reach the corner of High Street and Briton Street.