Cardiff, Wales
The Scott Antarctic Memorial
Near where the ill-fated Terra Nova expedition launched, there is a monument to 'Scott of the Antarctic'
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Cardiff, Wales
Near where the ill-fated Terra Nova expedition launched, there is a monument to 'Scott of the Antarctic'
London, England
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.
Manchester, England
Amazing tiled map mural showing the lines of the famous Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, incorporated into the war memorial after WW1
England
Byker, England
This tunnel was an amazing feat of engineering and an economic success, but the coal mine which it served closed after only 18 years of the tunnel's use, but in WW2 the tunnel was converted to an air raid shelter
Leeming Bar, England
Part of a heritage railway which replicates the interior of a small town English railway station in the 1920's.
England
A spectacular pothole (pit cave) in The Yorkshire Dales, the home of British vertical cave exploration.
Bristol, England
This 12th-century gatehouse has survived England’s many religious upheavals
Bristol, England
One of Bristol's most elusive public artworks
Clifford, England
A Norman castle near Wales that has been in ruins for the last 600 years
Llanelli, Wales
A former pumphouse and hydraulic accumulator tower at Llanelli's North Dock
Burry Port, Wales
Bath, England
This statue that honors King Bladud dates from 1859 and, after being kept in storage for many years, was renovated and moved to the Parade Gardens in 2009. The statue of a pig was added at the same time
Devizes, England
This uninhabited ghost village was evacuated during World War II to become an urban warfare training facility
Latimer, England
This English country house was once a P.O.W. "resort" and base for spymasters during the Second World War
London, England
At Bank station, the tunneling shield that built the original Waterloo & City line tunnel is hiding in plain sight
London, England
The world’s first permanent museum dedicated to female genitalia.
London, England
Robertsbridge, England
Nestled in the Sussex countryside are a handful of obscure, seemingly purposeless buildings constructed on the whim of a flamboyant slave owner and local politician
Woolpit, England
A rather creepy sign alludes to the bizarre and famous history of the "green children of Woolpit"
Outwell, England
An aqueduct which carries a natural river over a large artificial drainage channel is thought to be the aqueduct with the lowest headroom in the country.
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Leadhills, Scotland
This former private hunting lodge is now the highest residential hotel in Scotland
Torthorwald, Scotland
A ruined tower house fought over in a family feud.