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This ancient causeway can flood daily, leaving Mersea Island as a true island for hours at a time, and cutting its 7,000 residents off from the mainland.

This stretch of beach is the site of a prime watering hole and a primate watchtower.

Once a year, a sandbar rises from the depths just in time for the world's weirdest match.

The front of this 17th-century cottage also contains a large, stone face.

This colossal war machine is now a living museum dedicated to underwater warfare.

A rare full-sized statue of one of Britain's famous writers.

This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.

A picturesque garden with a surprising past.

Three tiny islands in a Portsmouth pond are at the center of disputed land claims from a number of competing micronations.

This concrete monster of a wreck lies in the mouth of Langstone Harbour as a monument to the incredible history of D-Day.

These unassuming buildings in the tranquil churchyard of rural Warblington are in fact grave watchers’ huts.

Banksy's image of a naked man dangling from the window of a sex health clinic.

After protestors toppled a statue of a 17th-century slave trader, the pedestal where it once stood remains unoccupied.

Designed to celebrate the queen's 40th birthday.

This 19th-century Turkish bath house survived the Blitz of London and is now an events venue.

The remains of an ancient Roman teenager are memorialized at the base of a modern London landmark.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

London's amazing modernist public square that never was.

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.