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Roche Abbey Ruins

Maltby, England

Roche Abbey Ruins

Legend has it the famous Robin Hood would attend mass at this 12th-century Cistercian abbey in Sherwood Forrest.

Caves at Crewell Crags

Worksop, England

Ice Age Cave Dwellings at Creswell Crags

A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.

Winnats Pass

Hope Valley, England

Winnats Pass

A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom

Ladybower Reservoir, the largest of the 3 in the chain, and its hypnotic western overflow.

Bamford, England

The Upper Derwent Reservoirs

This chain of artificial lakes was an ideal test ground for the aircraft that would carry the "bouncing bombs" used by the WWII "Dambusters" squad.

Saint James the Apostle Church

Temple Normanton, England

Saint James the Apostle Church

A unique 1980s designed church sits uncomfortably in its traditional Victorian churchyard.

The South Front and the South Lawn with the Seahorse Fountain. The exterior steps are a 19th century replacement for the original horseshoe shaped steps. (Wikimedia Commons)

Bakewell, England

Chatsworth House

Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.

The Riley Graves

Eyam, England

Eyam Plague Village Museum

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

Hall Hill Troughs.

Eyam, England

Hall Hill Troughs

One of the U.K's earliest public water supplies is within the "plague village."

An old farmhouse near Arkwright Town.

Arkwright Town, England

Arkwright Town

When methane gas started seeping up from the ground, they picked up and moved the entire town.

A stone clock tower is the entrance of an octagonal church

Stoney Middleton, England

St. Martin's Church

This 15th-century church was once described as the ugliest in England.

Keppel's Column, named after Admiral Augustus Keppel.

Rotherham, England

Keppel's Column

An oddly shaped tower built to mark the acquittal of Admiral Keppel in a controversial 1770s case.

St. Mary and All Saints Church's spire.

Chesterfield, England

Chesterfield's Crooked Spire

The whimsical twist of this spire was either caused by the Devil, an unexpected virgin, or lead.

The Snail.

Chesterfield, England

Chesterfield Snail

This enormous spiral sculpture looks strangely out of place on the edge of a housing development.

George Stephenson Statue

Chesterfield, England

George Stephenson Statue

One of the town's most famous residents, holding one of his most famous creations.

Steel Henge

Rotherham, England

Steel Henge

This metal installation is a tribute to an ancient megalithic structure and South Yorkshire's steel history.

The Round Building

Hope Valley, England

The Round Building

This petite cutlery factory sits on the foundations of a defunct gasworks.

The headstone at the grave of Little John.

Hathersage, England

Little John's Grave

A headstone notes where the most famous of Robin Hood's legendary Merry Men is reportedly buried.

Sunset on Stanage Edge

Derbyshire, England

Stanage Edge

This iconic Peak District ridge was once one of the busiest roads in medieval Britain.

Two seats in the form of boxing gloves with Brendan's advice between.

Sheffield, England

Brendan's Glove Garden

A fitting tribute to a beloved local boxing coach that's produced four world champions.

Catcliffe Glass Cone

Catcliffe, England

Catcliffe Glass Cone

The oldest surviving glass furnace cone in Western Europe.

Enchanted Chairs

Sheffield, England

Enchanted Chairs

A collection of throne-inspired sculptures dot the landscape of Wincobank.

The Giant Hands and Giant Feet of Wincobank

Sheffield, England

The Giant Hands and Giant Feet of Wincobank

In this quiet English suburb, giant steel hands and feet dot the landscape.

Tributes on the memorial next to the stadium.

Sheffield, England

Hillsborough Stadium Disaster Memorials

Three memorials honor the victims of the worst sports stadium disaster in Britain.

The Industry Looping Boat

Sheffield, England

The Industry Looping Boat

Floating on the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal is a contorted canal boat that honors the waterway’s heritage.

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