Places Added by Alan Newman

A spectacular pothole (pit cave) in The Yorkshire Dales, the home of British vertical cave exploration.

The Underground railway station and its Cubist/Art Deco statue are so evocative of 1920s/30s London that one almost expects to see Poirot on the stairs.

An example of early 20th century gender segregation

One of the last remnants of an ancient town wall

Amazing tiled map mural showing the lines of the famous Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, incorporated into the war memorial after WW1

This popular shopping mall and eatery once provided scant comfort to sick colonials and seafarers

Before this fine stone viaduct was built, trains ran across a rather wobbly wooden trestle, and the original abutments are still there.

The farmland on the old Isle of Axholme is one of only 4 places in the UK where the medieval practice of strip farming still persists.

Closing the station left a big hole in the ground. So they put in a shopping centre, a block of apartments and bus station over it and the largest undercover car park Europe in it.

This is not a heritage railway, but when the new high speed line fully opens in 2032, at least part of this magnificent and historic line should be preserved.

This former monastery or convent is now, in part, a boutique hotel, but the church linked to it is intact.

This tranquil urban park has a violent history.

The bridge which will eventually overcome the barrier to the unification of two heritage railway lines which both claim the Great Central Railway's illustrious name

Locals insist that this is the actual jetty where St. Paul tied up his vessel on his overnight visit to the island.

This traditionally British fish and chip shop is one of the few that still cooks its products in a coal-fired range.

The lines of the historic rail line around Etna are slowly being swallowed by the extension of the Catania Metro system

A challenge course around 6 of the surviving sewer gas destructor lamps in south and west Sheffield

This unusual geological formation on the coast of Samothraki has an interesting, if unlikely, story about how it was formed

A lesser-known World Heritage Site with an amazing Byzantine style mosaic of Jesus on the semi-dome of the apse

This fishing lake has become something of a graveyard for redundant river barges, including a historic WW2 example made from concrete

This Victorian graveyard is now a wildlife haven in the centre of town

This late 18th century canal tunnel has an unusual feature to improve the life of the draught horses

A 1960s church with a hyperbolic paraboloid roof and an amazing stained glass window

This small north Lincolnshire village is blessed with examples of three different types of moveable bridge