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A 17th-century church is nestled within the walls of a 15th-century ruin.

What was once England's second-richest abbey is now a haunting ruin.

The UK's largest private house was the subject of a long-lasting political dispute.

Though much of the castle was robbed of its stones, the underlying earthworks are among the best-preserved in England.

Manchester salvaged this sculpture of the adopted Mancunian when it was no longer wanted in Ukraine.

One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.

These medieval monastery ruins are surprisingly overlooked by most tourists.

A locomotive made from 185,000 bricks celebrates the town's pioneering railway history.

Open for a weekend once a year around October it houses a fascinating collection of unique Victorian preserved and stuffed animals.

A well for a well, this anachronistically Indian-styled water pit was built in its small town home in gratitude for a similar favor.

A rotating bridge that carries a little canal over a larger one.

This aging storage facility is the world's largest brick warehouse.

The remains of the wrecked steam trawler can be found on the beach at low tide.

The world's oldest operational public pier railway has shuttled seagoing commuters from ship to shore since 1909.

The only medieval bridge in Britain with its defensive tower still in tact.

It is said a heartbroken man visited the gap every day to stare blankly out at the sea.

Preserved baths in a Victorian-era spa town frequented by the most famous people of its day.

London's amazing modernist public square that never was.

This poignant WWI memorial looks like a lighthouse 100 miles from the sea.

Built in 1911, the Tees Transporter Bridge is one of only six transporter bridges still in operation.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

This British museum hopes to take the taboo out of poo.

This memorial to the thousands of Indian dead during WWI was callously used for target practice during WWII.

At high tide, the base of the lighthouse covers practically every inch of the island.