Osmington, England
Osmington White Horse
Want to properly offend a king? Sculpt a giant hill figure in chalk of him riding out of town.
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Osmington, England
Want to properly offend a king? Sculpt a giant hill figure in chalk of him riding out of town.
Wareham, England
In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.
Amesbury, England
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
Ventnor, England
The UK's oldest theme park slowly slips away.
Swanage, England
65 million-year-old chalk outcroppings mark the end of the Jurassic Coast.
Broadstone, England
The biologist's fossilized headstone was meant to reflect his love of nature. Its, ahem, unusual shape is probably just a coincidence.
Wimborne Minster, England
This tiny town features a tiny town that acts as a 3D snapshot of the town during the 1950s.
Southampton, England
The world's oldest operational public pier railway has shuttled seagoing commuters from ship to shore since 1909.
Lyndhurst, England
According to legend, a noble knight and a terrible dragon lie beneath this storied hill.
Minstead, England
A stone, covered in metal, commemorating an event that happened somewhere else a thousand years ago.
Lyndhurst, England
The grave of Mrs. Reginald Hargreaves, who inspired the tale 'Alice in Wonderland.'
Brighton, England
The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.
Shoreham-by-Sea, England
A motley, fantastical agglomeration of unlikely houseboats along the Shoreham-by-Sea riverbank.
Shoreham-by-Sea, England
This tiny 1930s Art Deco airport is a beautiful remnant of a bygone era.
Ryde, England
The Isle of Wight’s “Island Line” serviced by former London Underground trains from the 1930s.
Worthing, England
It was once the longest continuously running cinema in the United Kingdom.
Portsmouth, England
Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.
Hunstanton, England
All that remains of the fishing-vessel-turned-warship is its weathered hull.
Wells-next-the-Sea, England
A 15th-century house single-handedly disassembled then reassembled bit by bit 100 miles away.
Bury Saint Edmunds, England
The smallest pub in Britain was once a cabinet of curiosities and it still has the dead cat to prove it.
Bury Saint Edmunds, England
Long before wi-fi, this public seat provided the wonder of being online while outdoors.
Thetford, England
This 15th-century fortification was built to defend bunnies.
Thorpeness, England
Unusual British home built to disguise a water tower.
Southwold, England
Keep a lookout for replicas of this wooden soldier hiding in plain sight all around town.