Places Thrushporridge Wants to Go

The oldest known metal-mining site in England dates back to the Bronze Age.

This disused Cold War bunker has been restored to all of its early 60s glory.

The world’s oldest boat lift is also known in the United Kingdom as the "Cathedral of the Canals" and one of the "Seven Wonders of the Waterways."

The largest preserved walking dragline excavator in Western Europe.

Derelict chemical plant on the North Sea is a beautiful industrial ruin.

After mysteriously refusing to surrender at the end of World War II this sunken submarine was only salvaged in a search for Nazi gold.

This nondescript building hides an entrance to an underground nuclear tunnel system.

An abandoned canal route lies hidden under the streets of Manchester.

The grand complex of buildings that comprise Liverpool's Exchange Flags includes a vast World War II bunker that has been frozen in time.

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

This Gothic castle-like portal is a testament to the amazing craftsmanship of the navvies who built the railway tunnel.

Journey through this open museum where even employees remain true to period.

This decaying, grandiose tweed mill once housed the Norwegian Army in exile.

A relatively intact tower house still offering sweeping views of the surrounding countryside

Rare remnants of the brick-domed ovens birthed in the Durham coalfield during the Industrial Revolution.

In the middle of a barren moorland, the remnants of a lost British Space Age stand like a 20th-century Stonehenge.

This industrial chimney looks rather out of place, isolated in the middle of an attractive woodland.

The Devil’s Porridge tells the story of HM Factory Gretna and the munitions girls who mixed deadly chemicals.

Only the headframes remain from this mining operation, once one of the largest in the region.

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

An iconic waterwheel in the Pennine Hills marks the location of one of Britain’s most profitable lead mines.

A small, archaeology park outside Settle in the Yorkshire Dales with ruins of the impressive Hoffman Lime Kilns and an informative trail which explains the industrial history of the site and leads you to other ruined structures.

The dramatic remains of an abandoned farmhouse sit high on the edge of a remote hillside.

Local legends say that fairies used to dance in the moonlight here and invite handsome young men into their grottoes.