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This steel sculpture made from a recycled crane towers above a former shipyard.

A museum and gardens with unusual plants and a history of progressive programming for the blind.

This tribute to Sunderland's mining past stands outside the home of its football club.

Legend says squeezing into this slender stone seat will make your wish come true.

The world's oldest railway bridge in continuous use.

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

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

The legend of a monkey that was hanged as a spy has inspired not only a football team name, but a successful mayoral campaign.

A fitting tribute to a beloved local boxing coach that's produced four world champions.

A long, winding trek rewards you with a gorge so captivating it inspired a painting in the Tate.

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.

This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.

A churchyard in Ardsley houses a memorial dedicated to the victims of England’s worst mining disaster.

Britain's tallest megalith towers over the cemetery of a quiet English village.

This long-distance walking route follows the Prime Meridian line as it passes through England.