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Octopus mayhem

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Charles Cotton's Fishing House

Derbyshire, England

Charles Cotton's Fishing House

This small building nestled along the Dove River is seen by some as the birthplace of angling as a sport.

Clock Cottage.

Spinkhill, England

Clock Cottage

A gardener saved a beloved clock face from destruction by building it into a wall outside his house.

Lanyon Quoit

Cornwall, England

Lanyon Quoit

A neolithic dolmen that was rebuilt after collapsing during the 19th century.

Mên-an-Tol on a clear day.

Penzance, England

Mên-an-Tol (Circle Stone)

A circle stone within a stone circle.

The Eden Project

Saint Blazey, England

The Eden Project

The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.

St Michael's Mount

Marazion, England

St Michael's Mount

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

Chester Town Hall.

Chester, England

Chester Town Hall Clock Tower

The western face was supposedly left clock-less to snub the Welsh.

The Chester Rows in an earlier century.

Chester, England

Chester Rows

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum

Epworth, England

Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum

The world's largest collection of preserved trolleybuses.

Orrery at Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre

Macclesfield, England

Orrery at Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre

One of the largest mechanical models of the solar system in the world.

Newark Castle Remains.

Newark-on-Trent, England

The Newark Castle Remains

This English medieval castle is where King John died of dysentery.

Devonshire Dome , external view.

Buxton, England

The Devonshire Dome

Once the largest unsupported dome in the world, beating out the Pantheon and St Peters in Rome.

Cutting Edge.

Sheffield, England

Water Sculptures of Sheaf Square

An enormous steel waterfall is a nod to the substance that shaped Britain's Steel City.

Sunset on Stanage Edge

Derbyshire, England

Stanage Edge

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

The Crescent

Buxton, England

The Crescent

A historic Georgian building and warm springs.

Rear yard with working water pump

Southwell, England

The Workhouse

In the U.K., a historic workhouse shines a light on the early, harsh treatment of the poor.

Delicate foliage.

Southwell, England

The Leaves of Southwell

Exquisite carvings of leaves, Green Men, and the occasional dragon adorn a medieval chapter house.

The Saracen's Head Hotel

Southwell, England

The Saracen's Head Hotel

A 13th-century inn where the ill-fated King Charles I spent his last night of freedom.

The amazingly well-preserved undercroft.

Newark, England

Rufford Abbey

The undercroft is a spectacular example of medieval Cistercian architecture.

Major Oak

Mansfield, England

Major Oak

The largest oak in England is said to have been the hideout of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.

The Winking Man

Leek, England

The Winking Man

A face-like natural rock formation so well known, a pub was named in its honor.

Hall Hill Troughs.

Eyam, England

Hall Hill Troughs

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

Pleasley Pit

Pleasley, England

Pleasley Pit

This park and coal mine heritage site is home to two of the last steam winding engines in the UK.

Inside the engine room.

Nottingham, England

Papplewick Pumping Station

This Victorian marvel of engineering and artistic prowess is nicknamed the "Cathedral of Steam."

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