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legotrain567

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Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Loch Long Torpedo Range

A long-abandoned relic of World War II.

The route winds though stunning Scottish scenery.

Strathcarron, Scotland

Applecross Pass

This single-track road rewards brave drivers with stunning Scottish scenery.

Demolition gear and No 7 Settler Tank
Permanently Closed

Hartlepool, England

Steetley Magnesite

Derelict chemical plant on the North Sea is a beautiful industrial ruin.

Saltburn Cliff Lift and Pier

Saltburn-by-the-Sea, England

Saltburn Cliff Lift

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.

18th Century "improvement farm" and remains of medieval buildings

Malton, England

Wharram Percy

A deserted medieval village where bodies were once mutilated to prevent them rising from the dead.

Rudston Monolith.

Driffield, England

Rudston Monolith

Britain's tallest megalith towers over the cemetery of a quiet English village.

An abandoned bunker.

Swindon, England

Britain's Secret Underground Bunkers

There are hundreds of secret WWII bases hidden in British forests. Built to fight a Nazi invasion, they remained unknown for decades.

RAF Upper Heyford
Permanently Closed

Upper Heyford, England

RAF Upper Heyford

A rotting air force base is now home to rare birds and scarce plants.

Hob Moor and Plague Stones

York, England

Hob Moor and Plague Stones

When the plague struck York, this stone was used to leave supplies for the sick.

Falkirk Wheel

Falkirk, Scotland

Falkirk Wheel

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

Neidpath Railway Tunnel.

Peebles, Scotland

Neidpath Train Tunnel

An abandoned, desolate train tunnel that was used during World War II.

Garvald or Yester Tower, UK

Haddington, Scotland

Yester Castle

Ruined castle with subterranean vaulted Goblin Ha' or "Goblin Hall."

Square holes.

Haddington, Scotland

St Martin’s Kirk

These ruins of a medieval church are full of architectural mysteries.

Graves next to the kirk.

North Berwick, Scotland

St Andrew's Kirk Ports

The ruins of the second of three churches dedicated to the saint in a touristic Scottish town.

Ruins of Tantallon Castle

North Berwick, Scotland

Ruins of Tantallon Castle

The one-time stronghold of the noble Douglas family, now home to ghost sightings and nesting birds.

Lindisfarne Causeway

Holy Island of Lindisfarne, England

Pilgrims Way to Holy Island

Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.

Barter Books.

Alnwick, England

Barter Books

This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.

The Chillingham Cows

Chillingham, England

Chillingham Castle

This 13th century castle is chock full of ghosts and impossibly rare cows.

Winter's Gibbet

Elsdon, England

Winter's Gibbet

A lone pole once used to display a man's corpse now stands empty, but the memory remains.

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.

The deer house.

Bishop Auckland, England

Auckland Castle Deer House

This Georgian Gothic building was created to shelter and feed deer.

The Brick Train of Darlington.

Darlington, England

Brick Train

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

The funeral train when it was displayed in York.

Shildon, England

Winston Churchill's Funeral Train

The train that took the prime minister on his final journey now rests in a British museum.

The chimney in the middle of the woods.

Copley, England

Copley Chimney

This industrial chimney looks rather out of place, isolated in the middle of an attractive woodland.

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