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Lodge Moor POW Camp Ruins

Sheffield, England

Lodge Moor POW Camp Ruins

A brick foundation and piles of listing building materials are all that remains of this World War II POW camp.

Bessemer Converter at Kelham Island Industrial Museum

Sheffield, England

Bessemer Converter at Kelham Island Industrial Museum

One of the last remnants of the Bessemer process that revolutionized steel production during the industrial age.

Riverside Pub Mural

Sheffield, England

Riverside Pub Mural

Located behind the Riverside Pub is a nautical fantasy from one of the area's renowned street artists.

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Sheffield, England

The Steelworker Mural

This magnificent mural was created with over 30,000 colored bricks.

Sheffield Megatron

Sheffield, England

Sheffield Megatron

Explore these Victorian-era tunnels under a bustling train station.

The Old Queens Head

Sheffield, England

The Old Queens Head

Amidst towering office buildings, a local pub lives inside Sheffield’s oldest surviving domestic building.

Cutting Edge.

Sheffield, England

Water Sculptures of Sheaf Square

An enormous steel waterfall is a nod to the substance that shaped Britain's Steel City.

Bishops' House

Sheffield, England

Bishops' House

This house was home to a succession of park keepers for more than 90 years, but in all that time, it never had a toilet.

Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet

Norton, England

Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet

A preserved 18th century steel factory.

The Gate House, one of the remains of Richmond Palace.

London, England

Remains of Richmond Palace

This site was once home to Henry VIII and Elizabeth I.

Hendo

Highfield, England

Pandas of New Era Square

A beloved family of panda sculptures named after memories of the city's past.

Gatehouse of General Cemetery, Sheffield.

Sheffield, England

Sheffield General Cemetery

Cemetery established by the Victorians as a solution to the overflowing graveyards.

Bear Pit, Sheffield Botanic Gardens

Sheffield, England

Sheffield Botanical Gardens Bear Pit

In the 19th century, this pit housed a fully grown black bear for the entertainment of visitors. Today there is a sculpture in tribute to the poor creature.

Rivelin Valley Chair

Sheffield, England

Rivelin Valley Chair

Seemingly straight out of a fairy tale, a steel chair sits on a tiny island only accessible by stepping stones.

Shepherd Wheel

Sheffield, England

Shepherd Wheel

In England, an 18th-century water-powered workshop still stands.

Castlefield Viaduct

Manchester, England

Castlefield Viaduct

A Victorian-era British railway viaduct has been transformed into an elevated garden.

Gnome Island

Manchester, England

Gnome Island

Since 2017, the remains of Stretford's industrial past have been occupied by a collection of gnomes.

The Tree of Remembrance with pigeons roosting in it.

Manchester, England

Tree of Remembrance

One of the trees in Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens is actually a World War II memorial, and it's made of metal.

The red post box.

Manchester, England

The Undamaged Red Post Box

The small bright red pillar survived the 1996 Manchester bombing virtually unscathed.

Royal Exchange Theatre

Manchester, England

The Great Hall within the Royal Exchange

Once called "the biggest room in the world," this Victorian-era hall is so large that it contains a smaller 1970s heptagonal theatre.

Bee

Manchester, England

The Manchester Bee

Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.

Terry Jones Statue

Colwyn Bay, Wales

Terry Jones Statue

A cheeky tribute to a comedy legend.

The tramway.

Llandudno, Wales

Great Orme Tramway

One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.

St Tudno's Church

Llandudno, Wales

St Tudno's Church

This 6th-century church honors St. Tudno, the patron saint of Llandudno.

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