Wheatley, England
Wheatley Lock-Up
Over 100 years ago this pyramidal holding cell was reserved for rowdy drunks but now only offers five minute sentences.
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Wheatley, England
Over 100 years ago this pyramidal holding cell was reserved for rowdy drunks but now only offers five minute sentences.
Todmorden, England
Helped by a surprise posthumous donation this small town toy museum features over 5,000 vintage playthings.
Liverpool, England
Pyramid shaped monument with a tall tale attached.
Manchester, England
A tiny, hidden alleyway dedicated to the father of meteorology.
Aughton, England
The town of Argleton has a postal code and appears on maps and even real estate listings, yet it does not exist.
Nottingham, England
A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.
York, England
One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.
Whitby, England
The remains of the concrete ship can be seen during low tide.
Brighton, England
Half-drowned wooden stumps and stone blocks are all that remain of a Victorian landing that was destroyed by storms.
Shoreham-by-Sea, England
This tiny 1930s Art Deco airport is a beautiful remnant of a bygone era.
Coventry, England
Every hour on the hour a naked heroine and her leering foil appear from this giant cuckoo clock.
Birmingham, England
England's foremost purveyor of funeral furniture hasn't changed a bit since the 1960s.
Thetford, England
A mysterious crater-like pond has a spooky tendency to empty and fill with complete disregard to rainfall patterns.
Bingley, England
The photographs of "fairies" that fooled much of the world (including the creator of Sherlock Homes) were taken at this English stream.
Gainford, England
This hidden natural fountain issues forth a steady supply of supposedly healing water that tastes like rotten eggs.
Cleethorpes, England
This tiny business claims to be "the smallest pub on the planet."
Rothwell, England
Under a church hides a forgotten 13th-century ossuary containing the remains of around 2,500 people.
Hamsey, England
Now isolated, this church was once the center of a bustling village that succumbed to the Black Death.
London, England
On a wall in linear London, a plaque hangs at the high water mark of one of the worst floods in fictional Kcymaerxthaereal times.
Salisbury, England
Ancient human remains unearthed around the iconic monument.
Cambridge, England
The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.
Ventnor, England
The UK's oldest theme park slowly slips away.
Liverpool, England
A thousand year old oak tree survives in Liverpool.
London, England
Historic church where a number of Shakespeare's actors are buried.