Places johnw404 Wants to Go

This toxic spoil heap found a second life as a ski slope, popular film location, and wildlife haven.

What might be the oldest living tree in London has survived fires, bombings, and estate agents.

Feast on Middle Eastern mezze from an Israeli expat duo.

Tucked away behind the mansions of Mayfair, this picturesque garden is a hidden London treasure with a spooky past.

This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.

Colorful murals by Jean Cocteau hide within this peaceful London sanctuary.

A historic hill of tall tales, with one rather special tree.

The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.

William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

A 1950s beatnik coffee house, turned 60s counterculture hotspot, turned modern music venue.

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

A free ferry service has run between these two English villages since 1885.

Final resting place of John Middleton "The Childe of Hale."

Hidden behind an industrial area, this is one of the very few such transporter bridges in existence.

In Warrington’s Golden Square, it's always tea time.

A 16th-century footpath said to be haunted by a young girl that died trapped within its misshapen old house.

No one is sure what to do with this WWII shipwreck that sits at the bottom of the Thames, still loaded with tons of explosives.

This abandoned gun tower was built to defend the River Thames from a French naval attack.