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St James Cemetery St James Cemetery L8 7TX

St James Cemetery in Liverpool is one of the most remarkable and atmospheric burial grounds in England, a place of profound historical significance and extraordinary physical…

Waylands Smithy Waylands Smithy Oxfordshire • SN6 8NX

Wayland's Smithy is one of the most atmospheric and ancient monuments in England, a Neolithic long barrow and chambered tomb located on the ancient Ridgeway path in Oxfordshire…

HMS Belfast HMS Belfast Greater London • SE1 2JH

HMS Belfast is a Royal Navy light cruiser permanently moored on the River Thames in the Pool of London, between Tower Bridge and London Bridge. Launched in March 1938 from the…

Shakespeare’s Globe Shakespeare’s Globe Greater London • SE1 9DT

Shakespeare's Globe is a meticulously reconstructed Elizabethan playhouse located on the south bank of the River Thames, just a short distance from the site where the original…

Admiral Rodney's Pillar Admiral Rodney's Pillar Wales • SY5 9BB

Admiral Rodney's Pillar is a striking Georgian column perched at the rocky summit of Breidden Hill, one of the most prominent hilltops in the Welsh Marches on the border between…

Nunwell House Nunwell House Isle of Wight • PO36 0JQ

Nunwell House is a historic country house situated in the gently rolling countryside of the Isle of Wight, England, near the village of Brading. It is one of the most significant…

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Greater London • E20 2ST

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is one of London's most ambitious urban regeneration projects, created for the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics and transformed into a permanent…

Denver Windmill Denver Windmill Norfolk • PE38 0EG

Denver Windmill is a striking tower mill located in the village of Denver, in the county of Norfolk, in the east of England. It stands as one of the finest and best-preserved…

Charlecote Park Charlecote Park Warwickshire • CV35 9ER

Charlecote Park is a magnificent Elizabethan country house and estate managed by the National Trust, situated in the village of Charlecote in Warwickshire, just a few miles east…

Crossing Keeper's Cottage Crossing Keeper's Cottage Norfolk

At coordinates 52.51787, 0.85081, this location falls in the fenland landscape of Norfolk/Cambridgeshire borderlands in eastern England. The coordinates point to a rural location…

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Portsmouth • PO1 3NH

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is one of Britain's most extraordinary maritime heritage sites, a working naval dockyard that has been at the centre of Royal Navy history for…

Statue of Spencer Cavendish Statue of Spencer Cavendish England • SW1A 2ER

The Statue of Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire, stands on Whitehall in the heart of Westminster, one of London's most storied and ceremonially significant thoroughfares…

Rudston Monolith Rudston Monolith Hull and East Yorkshire • YO25 4UF

The Rudston monolith is the tallest prehistoric standing stone in Britain, measuring almost 8 metres high, nearly 2 metres wide, a metre thick and estimated to weigh somewhere in…

Pan Am Flight 103 Pan Am Flight 103 Scotland • DG11 2DY

The coordinates 55.11548, -3.35845 place this point in the town of Lockerbie, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, and they correspond to the site associated with the Lockerbie…

V&A East Storehouse V&A East Storehouse Greater London • E20

The V&A East Storehouse represents one of the most ambitious cultural projects to emerge in London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, forming part of the broader V&A East initiative…