London, England
King Henry's Mound
It is against the law to obstruct the view from the top of this English burial mound.
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London, England
It is against the law to obstruct the view from the top of this English burial mound.
Macclesfield, England
One of the largest mechanical models of the solar system in the world.
London, England
A decommissioned tube carriage within a London museum hosts a regular pop-up supper club.
Newport, Wales
The largest of only eight working transporter bridges left in the world.
Isle of Barra, Scotland
The highest lighthouse in Scotland shines from an abandoned island.
Medway, England
This abandoned gun tower was built to defend the River Thames from a French naval attack.
Clevedon, England
Constructed from recycled wrought iron railroad tracks, it's been described as the most beautiful seaside pier in England.
Fraserburgh, Scotland
An 18th-century lighthouse built on a 16th-century castle is now a monument to the maritime beacons of Scotland.
Glasgow, Scotland
The abandoned transportation hub hides within the Glasgow attraction it once served.
Ballycastle, Northern Ireland
The lake that fills and empties itself at random.
Milton Keynes, England
Home to Alan Turing, the cracking of the Enigma code, and Captain Ridley's shooting party.
King's Lynn, England
The wreckage of an old coastal trading vessel is only visible at low tide.
Isle of Barra, Scotland
This beach runway is off limits during high tide.
Birkenhead, England
After mysteriously refusing to surrender at the end of World War II this sunken submarine was only salvaged in a search for Nazi gold.
Bourton-on-the-Water, England
A miniature village mimics the surrounding buildings so well it includes itself.
Louth, England
A quartet of rusting satellite goliaths are all that remain of a communication network that protected Britain from German and Russian air strikes.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
The last manually operated turntable ferry in the world.
York, England
The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.
Madrid, Spain
Replicas of fossils unearthed during renovation work reveal how this area would have looked millions of years ago.
Blaenavon, Wales
This former Welsh metal factory is now a lovely abandoned relic but was once one of the industry's world leaders.
Aberystwyth, Wales
A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.
York, England
One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.
Alnwick, England
This giant wooden treehouse within a sprawling garden has its own eatery.
Barrow-in-Furness, England
What was once England's second-richest abbey is now a haunting ruin.