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Visitors to the Legoland theme park in Windsor, Berkshire helped to build a tower of bricks that is thought to have broken a world record.

Thousands of children and families built sections of Lego bricks which were placed on the tower over the bank holiday weekend, contributing to the structure's eventual height of close to 100 feet (30.4 metres).

While Guinness World Records is yet to verify the achievement, the tower is thought to have broken the record that was set in Toronto, Canada in August 2007, when a tower of around 29.2 metres was built.

Almost half a million bricks were used to construct the tower at Legoland Windsor, which was designed to resemble the mast of a Viking longboat to celebrate the opening of a new attraction at the theme park.

The effort also celebrated the 50th anniversary of the famous children's toy.

Penny Jenkins, Legoland's special events manager, said: 'We are thrilled to bring the world record to Legoland Windsor after four days of hard work, not to mention nearly 500,000 bricks, and it now stands at nearly 100 feet.

'It has been a great way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Lego bricks.'

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