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JPHfrogspotter

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2025

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Grange Lido

Grange-over-Sands, England

Grange Lido

Abandoned for over 20 years, this Art Deco seaside swimming pool is a magnificent waste.

Dove Cottage

Grasmere, England

Dove Cottage

This charming English house was once the home of England's most famous poet.

First floor window - 3 panes tall!

Kendal, England

Kendal’s Smallest Windows

Two minuscule windows are tucked inside this medieval building.

Eden Camp

Malton, England

Eden Camp

WWII artifacts, including the building itself.

Long Meg and Her Daughters

Penrith, England

Long Meg and Her Daughters

Legends say this red sandstone monolith and the dozens of smaller boulders that surround it were once a coven of witches—before a Scottish wizard turned them all to stone.

'The Journey'

Durham, England

'The Journey'

A statue commemorating the perilous journey made by the monks who delivered the body of St. Cuthbert.

The grand statue on its plinth.

Durham, England

Marquess of Londonderry Statue

A monument with a strange legend involving a horse's tongue.

Temple to Antenociticus

Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Benwell Roman Temple

This Roman archeological site is hidden amid a 1930s housing estate.

The Lytham St. Annes Spitfire.

Lytham, England

Lytham St Annes Spitfire Memorial

During World War II, locals rallied together to buy this plane to support the war effort.

Stanley Dock Tobacco Warehouse
Permanently Closed

Liverpool, England

Stanley Dock Tobacco Warehouse

This aging storage facility is the world's largest brick warehouse.

Mersey Tunnel Pharaoh

Liverpool, England

Mersey Tunnel Pharaoh

On the outside of the Mersey Tunnels, an Art Deco sculpture of an Egyptian Pharaoh wears goggles and racing gear.

The site of Blackgang Chine current

Ventnor, England

Blackgang Chine

The UK's oldest theme park slowly slips away.

Isle of Man Steam Railway

Port Erin, Isle of Man

Isle of Man Steam Railway

A 150-year-old steam locomotive crosses the southern half of the island daily.

Ben Lomond and Loch Lomond as seen from the grounds of Ross Priory. (Margaret MacGillivray/Atlas Obscura)

Alexandria, Scotland

Loch Lomond

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

Northern Lighthouse Board

Edinburgh, Scotland

Northern Lighthouse Board

A miniature of a lighthouse acts as a beacon for what transpires inside this location.

15 London Street

Edinburgh, Scotland

15 London Street

Inside this home, the Icelandic national anthem was born.

The Kelpies.

Grangemouth, Scotland

The Kelpies

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

Forth Bridge

Inverkeithing, Scotland

Forth Bridge

A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.

Old Packhorse Bridge

Carrbridge, Scotland

Old Packhorse Bridge

Designed to allow funerals to proceed over the River Dulnain.

Lighthouse with Hoy Island.

Dunnet, Scotland

Dunnet Head Lighthouse

The most northern place on the mainland of Great Britain.

Tree and shrub growth has softened the crater but it's scale is still apparent

Burton-on-Trent, England

The Hanbury Crater

The site of one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history, created when a massive bomb dump accidentally exploded.

Guillotine Stop Lock East.

Birmingham, England

Kings Norton Stop Lock

This ingenious engineering solution was built to stop the "theft" of canal water.

Wellington Monument (Statue of Achilles).

London, England

Wellington Monument

This once-controversial and slightly confusing statue of Achilles was built out of captured cannons.

Byward Tower Hand

London, England

Byward Tower Hand

A mysterious suspended hand greets unsuspecting visitors at the Tower of London.

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