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cliftonwilkinson

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2019

I'm a travel and history writer/editor with a particular interest in Britain and a general interest in just about anything. Former employee of the British Museum, Rough Guides and Lonely Planet among others.

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Highgate Cemetery

London, England

Highgate Cemetery

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

Twinings tea shop on the Strand.

London, England

Twinings Tea Shop

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

Escomb Church and graveyard.

Escomb, England

Escomb Church

A 7th-century church in northeast England built using stones from a nearby Roman fort.

HMS Trincomalee

Hartlepool, England

HMS Trincomalee

The oldest warship in Europe is still afloat.

Tan Hill Inn

Richmond, England

Tan Hill Inn

At 1,732 feet above sea level, this spectacularly isolated yet surprisingly bustling bar is the highest pub in Britain.

The monument.

Houghton le Spring, England

Penshaw Monument

The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.

Wings set against a sunny sky

Gateshead, England

The Angel of the North

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

The Brick Train of Darlington.

Darlington, England

Brick Train

A locomotive made from 185,000 bricks celebrates the town's pioneering railway history.

High Force.

Forest-in-Teesdale, England

High Force and Low Force Waterfalls

These remarkable cascades are the jewels of Upper Tees.

The Silver Swan

Barnard Castle, England

The Silver Swan

A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.

The “buttertubs” on Buttertubs Pass.

Hawes, England

Buttertubs Pass

A steep and winding road in the Yorkshire Dales passes by these deep natural potholes.

The Shambles.

York, England

Shambles of York

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

Mad Alice Lane.

York, England

The Snickelways of York

This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.

National Railway Museum York

York, England

National Railway Museum York

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

Close-up of the horse, obviously in need of some maintenance.

Thirsk, England

Kilburn White Horse

England's largest white horse isn't even white.

Malham Cove

Skipton, England

Malham Cove

Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.

The imposing approach to the Scar.

Malham, England

Gordale Scar

A long, winding trek rewards you with a gorge so captivating it inspired a painting in the Tate.

Forbidden Corner

Coverham, England

Forbidden Corner

A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.

Mother Shipton's Cave and the Petrifying Well

England

Mother Shipton's Cave and the Petrifying Well

Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".

The crypt.

Ripon, England

Ripon Cathedral Crypt

Reputedly based on the tomb of Jesus Christ, this crypt is the oldest surviving structure of any cathedral in England.

The front of the Old Swan. (Press Photo)

Harrogate, England

Old Swan Hotel

Where Agatha Christie mysteriously disappeared in 1926.

Fountains Abbey

Ripon, England

Fountains Abbey

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

Brimham Rocks

Harrogate, England

Brimham Rocks

Astonishing rock formations dot the Brimham Moor landscape.

Rochester Castle

Rochester, England

Rochester Castle

This foreboding medieval castle was twice besieged by barons rebelling against the English king.

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