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Alton, England

The Chained Oak

A creepy tree with a local legend that inspired a nearby theme park ride.
Derby, England

Arbor Low Stone Circle

6000-year-old site covered in more than 50 megaliths.
Tabley, England

Cuckooland

This Cheshire museum has cuckoo clocks, a rare pipe organ and vintage motorbikes. But mostly cuckoo clocks.
London, England

The Real Greenwich Prime Meridian

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.
London, England

Word on the Water

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.
Cornwall, England

St. Nectan's Kieve

A unique waterfall that some believe attracts the fairfolk.
London, England

The Embassy of the Republic of Texas

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.
London, England

Whispering Gallery at St Paul’s Cathedral

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.
Cornwall, England

St Michael's Mount

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.
Bournemouth, England

Memento Mori Oddities Shop

A genuine Little Shop of Horrors.
Lancashire, England

Holden Wood Antiques

This antique shop and tea room reside inside a twice defunct church that was moved stone by stone to its current location.
Sheffield, England

Bishops' House

This house was home to a succession of park keepers for more than 90 years, but in all that time, it never had a toilet.
Thursford, England

Thursford Collection

A large collection of steam engines, organs, and fairground attractions.
Weston-super-Mare, England

The Helicopter Museum

The world's largest museum devoted solely to the whirlybird comes complete with its own chopper graveyard.
Weybridge, England

Brooklands Racetrack Remains

The world's first purpose-built motor racetrack was destroyed by the outbreak of two world wars.
Hull, England

England's Smallest Window

What looks like missing grout is actually an old pub's peephole.
Somerset, England

Vicars' Close

The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.
Derbyshire, England

Crich Stand

This poignant WWI memorial looks like a lighthouse 100 miles from the sea.
Isles of Scilly, England

Bishop Rock

At high tide, the base of the lighthouse covers practically every inch of the island.
Mistley, England

Old Knobbley

This ancient oak tree sheltered accused "witches" in the 17th century.
Forest-in-Teesdale, England

High Force and Low Force Waterfalls

These remarkable cascades are the jewels of Upper Tees.
Kirkstall, England

Kirkstall Abbey

Artists have long been drawn to these atmospheric 12th-century ruins.
Dudley, England

The Crooked House

This pub can leave even the sober feeling slightly unsteady.
Lincoln, England

High Bridge

The oldest of the three remaining bridges in England with buildings on top of them.