In 1605 a group of Catholics plotted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London with King James ... the story of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. A plot is a secret plan.
On the 5th November 1605, a terrorist cell of desperate men tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament, but what drove these men to the extreme and why is their mural on the London tube?
Explosive new evidence has revealed that if Guy Fawkes had succeeded with his gunpowder plot he would have devastated much of central London as well as blowing the palace of Westminster sky-high.
Based in the Tower Vaults at the Tower of London, The Gunpowder Plot experience gives visitors a chance to step into 1605 ahead of Guy Fawkes’ infamous attempt to blow up parliament. More ...