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London, England

Word on the Water

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.
Added by Naomiadventures
Surrey, England

Reigate Heath Windmill

The world's first consecrated windmill.
AdOYo Added by AdOYo
Portslade, England

Portslade ‘Gassie’

This desolate boat was once a key form of public transportation for Portslade residents.
Curioussquirrel Added by Curioussquirrel
Ridgmont, England

All Saints Church Ruins

This ancient Bedfordshire church was abandoned when the village's population slowly began migrating to new towns.
theparttimeexplorer Added by theparttimeexplorer
Brighton, England

Madeira Lift

Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.
don21stc Added by don21stc
Brighton, England

Clayton Tunnel North Portal

This tunnel entrance is built to resemble a grand castle but no one is quite sure why.
Russ Arno Added by Russ Arno
Brighton, England

Brighton Beach Flint Grotto

One fisherman has used his love of pebbles and shore to create a crazy garden of rocky art.
Russ Arno Added by Russ Arno
Brighton, England

Remains of the Royal Suspension Chain Pier

Half-drowned wooden stumps and stone blocks are all that remain of a Victorian landing that was destroyed by storms.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Brighton, England

Brighton Waste House

This concept building is the UK's first attempt at making a permanent structure of nothing but trash.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Brighton, England

Quadrophenia Alley

This tiny alleyway is now a shrine to a subculture riot between the mods and rockers.
Curioussquirrel Added by Curioussquirrel
Brighton, England

'Twins'

These shopping center benches are actually a modern art installation.
Curioussquirrel Added by Curioussquirrel
Hove, England

Waterloo Street Arch and Gardens

Tucked between a side street and a theater, this arch once led to a prestigious riding school, and now opens to a courtyard and community garden.
Curioussquirrel Added by Curioussquirrel
Hove, England

Everest's Grave

An unassuming churchyard is the resting place of a pioneering surveyor and reluctant namesake of a mountain.
Curioussquirrel Added by Curioussquirrel
Hove, England

Victorian Seaside Shelters

These seaside shelters once enjoyed by royalty remain a part of local history.
Curioussquirrel Added by Curioussquirrel
Hove, England

Armada Beacon

This large torch on the Hove coastline helped Sir Francis Drake defend England from the Spanish fleet.
Curioussquirrel Added by Curioussquirrel
Brighton, England

The Booth Museum of Natural History

The natural history museum displaying the British bird collections and dioramas of Edward Booth, free of charge.
Added by CommodiusVicus
Hove, England

The Goldstone

This craggy boulder is fabled to be either a druidic relic or Satan's stumbling block.
Russ Arno Added by Russ Arno
Hove, England

'Fingermaze'

This seemingly normal pathway actually forms a giant fingerprint.
Curioussquirrel Added by Curioussquirrel
Toronto, Ontario

R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant

This "Palace of Purification" has made many film appearances as a dark and sinister headquarters.
Added by Henry
Northchurch, England

Grave of Peter, the Wild Boy of Hanover

"The Most Wonderful Wonder that ever appeared to the Wonder of the British Nation."
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Berkhamsted, England

Berkhamsted Castle

This early Norman castle was the first historical monument protected by an act of Parliament.
Sarah Laskow Added by Sarah Laskow
Chesham, England

Chesham Cozies

A line of iron bollards with colorful, handknitted cozies fitted over them.
Added by hotfish1
London, England

Alfred the Great Statue

King of the Saxons on top, Roman goddess of wisdom on the bottom.
AdOYo Added by AdOYo
London, England

Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.
Added by mbison