Southport, England
Southport Pier
The second-longest pier in the U.K. stretches a whole kilometer into the Irish Sea.
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Southport, England
The second-longest pier in the U.K. stretches a whole kilometer into the Irish Sea.
Peterborough, England
Once-buried markers show England’s lowest land point keeps getting lower.
Hemel Hempstead, England
A giant roundabout made up of six smaller roundabouts can befuddle the uninitiated.
Hartlepool, England
The oldest warship in Europe is still afloat.
Southend-on-Sea, England
This charming, narrow-gauge railway in the Thames Estuary is sometimes referred to as the "Train to Nowhere."
Hertfordshire, England
This operational mill has survived centuries of destruction and construction.
Heysham, England
These ancient rock graves were featured on the cover of a Black Sabbath compilation album.
Darlington, England
A locomotive made from 185,000 bricks celebrates the town's pioneering railway history.
Cambridge, England
A 4,000-year-old burial site hides behind a roadside Burger King.
King's Lynn, England
This captivating Bronze Age timber circle spent centuries concealed by the tides.
Hunstanton, England
All that remains of the fishing-vessel-turned-warship is its weathered hull.
Thursford, England
A large collection of steam engines, organs, and fairground attractions.
Holmrook, England
One of the highest Roman forts in Britain is set amid dramatic scenery on a notoriously difficult road.
Stilton, England
Competitors race wooden replicas of pungent blue cheese.
Borrowdale, England
A 2,000-ton rock resting in a state of a delicate balance.
Tintagel, England
A whimsical cottage from the 1300s with a preserved Victorian-era post office inside.
Seaham, England
For decades, a bottle factory dumped their waste into these waters—now it's considered the best sea glass beach in England.
Somerset, England
This astronomical clock is the second oldest in England.
Manchester, England
Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.
Gateshead, England
Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.
London, England
Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.
Seascale, England
The highest peak in all of England is plagued by dangerously fickle climate shifts.
Brighton, England
The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.
Portsmouth, England
Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.