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Toll gate - Table of tolls

Ironbridge, England

The Iron Bridge

This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.

Hawker's Hut

Bude, England

Hawker's Hut

A writer's tiny retreat built from salvaged shipwreck timbers.

The sound mirrors.

Greatstone, England

Greatstone Sound Mirrors

Huge concrete structures designed as an early warning system for Britain to detect enemy aircraft.

Tintagel Castle

Tintagel, England

Tintagel Castle

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

The Chester Rows in an earlier century.

Chester, England

Chester Rows

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

The Nutshell

Bury Saint Edmunds, England

The Nutshell Pub

The smallest pub in Britain was once a cabinet of curiosities and it still has the dead cat to prove it.

Victoria Baths

Manchester, England

Victoria Baths

These lovely Turkish-styled baths were brought back to life after winning a reality show competition.

Crooked House

Canterbury, England

Crooked House

This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.

Some of the 11 million bricks

Sussex, England

Ouse Valley Viaduct Bridge

The elegant structure of this 19th century railroad bridge creates an illusion of infinity.

The vaulted ceiling.

Ely, England

Octagon Tower

A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.

Aerial view of Lyveden New Bield.

Peterborough, England

Lyveden New Bield

The intended purpose of this unfinished Elizabethan building remains a mystery.

Burnham-on-Sea Low Lighthouse.

Burnham-on-Sea, England

Burnham-on-Sea Low Lighthouse

The unusual stilted beacon is the town's only active lighthouse.

Baddesley Clinton

Solihull, England

Baddesley Clinton

This medieval manor house was equipped with secret compartments for hiding priests.

The High Bridge and Glory Hole.

Lincoln, England

High Bridge

The oldest of the three remaining bridges in England with buildings on top of them.

Normanton Church.

Normanton, England

Normanton Church

The sanctuary seems to either float atop the water or sink into the dirt, depending on the water level.

The Tower of St Mary's Church

Burgh Saint Peter, England

The Tower of St Mary's Church

The story behind this uniquely-shaped tower involves ancient empires, local legends, and new words.

Birmingham Library

Birmingham, England

Library of Birmingham

The largest public library in the United Kingdom was designed to reflect the industrial and artistic history of the city where it stands.

 The statue of James Henry Greathead with a bus passing on one side.

London, England

Statue of James Henry Greathead

This statue of one of the engineers who created the London Underground hides a ventilation shaft for the tube lines that run under the street.

Hiorns Tower

West Sussex, England

Hiorns Tower

This 18th-century "castle" is not what it seems.

The Eden Project

Saint Blazey, England

The Eden Project

The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.

Longleat Maze and a viewing bridge

Warminster, England

Longleat Hedge Maze

The longest hedge maze in the world.

Little Moreton Hall from the outside

Congleton, England

Little Moreton Hall

This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.

Fountains Abbey

Ripon, England

Fountains Abbey

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

Major Oak

Mansfield, England

Major Oak

The largest oak in England is said to have been the hideout of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.

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