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Simulated Thor missile ignition, in the rocket tower  every ten minutes or so.

Leicester, England

The Rocket Tower

This weirdly shaped building houses a collection of rockets which remember Britain's little known space programme.

Thor's Cave seen from the Manifold Valley floor

England

Thor's Cave

This cave is the burial site of at least seven people and was occupied for over a thousand years.

Two boilers.

Matlock, England

Middleton Top Engine House

The stationary steam engines here dragged waggons up a steep incline for over 130 years.

Sutton Colliery Explosion Memorial at Brierly Forest Park

Huthwaite, England

Sutton Colliery Explosion Memorial at Brierly Forest Park

This memorial to a sad event is also an amazing piece of modern art

Stainsby Mill

Heath, England

Stainsby Mill

Site of the UK’s First Oil Well

Tibshelf, England

Site of the UK’s First Oil Well

Britain doesn't have a lot of petroleum reserves on dry land but this well was the first to strike oil.

Sutton Scarsdale Hall

Sutton Scarsdale, England

Sutton Scarsdale Hall

Peter Fidler memorial and nature reserve

Bolsover, England

Peter Fidler memorial and nature reserve

Remnants of a wharfe which served a horse drawn tramwar from a local coal mine

Renishaw, England

Brindley Loop, Chesterfield Canal

Narrow boat fitted out by Eckington School students

Chesterfield, England

The Madeline narrow boat

This boat was built by school students as an after school project and now acts as a floating classroom and tourist boat on the Chesterfield Canal.

South Wingfield Railway Station

South Wingfield, England

South Wingfield Railway Station

Is this the oldest railway station in the world?

Interior of  the Chapel

Grindleford, England

Padley Chapel

A reminder of religious intolerance and state sponsored corruption in 16th century Britain

Defiance

Bakewell, England

The Baslow Monuments to Nelson & Wellington

Bennerley Viaduct

England

Bennerley Viaduct

This viaduct was based on designs by Gustafe Eiffel

The Hubs

Sheffield City Centre, England

The Hubs

This university building was once voted the ugliest building in the world.

Winter Garden from Peace Gardens.

Sheffield City Centre, England

Sheffield Winter Garden and Peace Gardens

Exterior shot showing fire observation tower

Sheffield, England

The National Emergency Services Museum

This museum is claimed to be the largest museum in the world dedicated to the emergency services

Inside the Sheffield  Brewery

Neepsend, England

The Albyn Works

This 19th century factory site was the birthplace of one of the British Army's most important materials and is now the home of a craft brewery.

Shiregreen Working Mens Club

Sheffield, England

Shiregreen Working Mens Club

This former Sheffield working men's club advertised itself as "The Home of the Full Monty"

Boat passing Tapton Lock

Staveley, England

The Chesterfield-Staveley Cruiseway

This 8km stretch of isolated canal is gradually being extended towards its reconnection with the national canal network.

Sheffield FC

Dronfield, England

Sheffield FC

Officially recognised as the worlds oldest soccer club.

The furnace between Big Melt shows

Rotherham, England

The Big Melt at Magna

This museum exhibit recreates the spectacular sight of an electric arc furnace in use.

Track layout in Whitwell Wood

England

Whitwell Wood

 National Fork Truck Heritage Centre

Ripley, England

National Fork Truck Heritage Centre

This small museum claims to be the only one in the world dedicated to the history of forklift trucks

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