nedavis166's User Profile - Atlas Obscura
Leaderboard Highlights
nedavis166's activity rankings
1st
Places visited in Kent, England
1st
Places visited in Rye, England
1st
Places visited in Dover, England
4th
Places visited in East Molesey, England
Loading map...
London, England

Oval Gasholder

How did a fuel storage container become one of the most famous sights in the sporting world of cricket?
London, England

Holborn Viaduct

London’s first road overpass is so old that it was originally built for horse-drawn carriages.
Battle, England

The Oldest Guy Fawkes Effigy

Every fifth of November, effigies of Guy Fawkes are thrown onto bonfires across Great Britain. But this Guy has managed to survive his fiery fate for almost 300 years.
London, England

Stairway to Heaven Memorial

An inverted staircase above the entrance to the Bethnal Green Underground Station functions as a memorial for people who lost their lives during the worst civilian disaster in the U.K. during World War II.
Portsmouth, England

Mary Rose

Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.
Portsmouth, England

Hatch the Mary Rose Dog

Discovered on a shipwreck after more than 400 years, this Renaissance ratter tells a very waggly tale.
Portsmouth, England

Charles Dickens Statue

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

The Micronations of Baffins Pond

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

Lumps Fort aka Southsea Rose Garden

A picturesque garden with a surprising past.
Hayling Island, England

Mulberry Harbour Wreck

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

Kilmorey Mausoleum

The Egyptian-inspired last resting place of Lord Kilmorey.
London, England

St. Leonard’s Court Air Raid Shelter

This small, round building is the entrance to a bomb shelter built in anticipation of World War II.
London, England

Sir Richard Burton's Tent-Tomb

Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.
London, England

Saint Bartholomew's Hospital Pathology Museum

A collection dedicated to the treatment of disease, held in London's oldest hospital.
London, England

Anaesthesia Heritage Centre

This knockout museum lies in a sleepy corner of London.
London, England

Eko Brewery and Taproom

Named for the Yoruba word for Lagos, this craft brewery draws on European beer-making and West African palm wine-fermenting techniques.
Kent, England

Saltwood Castle

This Norman castle has been the scene of assassination plots, religious persecution, and Nazi conspiracies throughout its long history.
London, England

King’s Observatory

Built by George III to observe the transit of Venus, this Georgian gem is a unique survivor in the Arcadian landscape of Richmond upon Thames.
London, England

Skanderbeg Memorial

The bust of a 15th-century Albanian leader in the middle of London.
London, England

Sloane Square Tube Station

One of London's lost rivers runs through a pipe over the tracks of this subway station.
Royal Tunbridge Wells, England

Opera House, Royal Tunbridge Wells

A grand Wetherspoon pub set in a former opera house dating back to 1902.
London, England

Crossness Pumping Station

This beautiful Victorian ironwork masterpiece was built to keep London from smelling like poop.
London, England

Statue of James Henry Greathead

This statue of one of the engineers who created the London Underground hides a ventilation shaft for the tube lines that run under the street.
London, England

YMCA Indian Student Hostel

It’s fun to stay at the YMCA… but at this London outpost, it’s even more fun to eat the Bombay aloo.