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All the United Kingdom England Eyam

The Atlas Obscura Guide To Eyam

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Eyam, England

Updated June 25, 2018

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The Riley Graves

Eyam, England

Eyam Plague Village Museum

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.
Hall Hill Troughs.

Eyam, England

Hall Hill Troughs

One of the U.K's earliest public water supplies is within the "plague village."
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A stone clock tower is the entrance of an octagonal church

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St. Martin's Church

This 15th-century church was once described as the ugliest in England.
0 miles from Eyam
The patriotic plantations.

Derbyshire, England

England's 'ER' Plantations

The patches of trees pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II.
2 miles from Eyam
The Crazy Pinnacle.

Derbyshire, England

The Crazy Pinnacle

There's a strange stone hoodoo towering atop a wooded hillside and no one is quite sure how it got there.
2 miles from Eyam

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The Round Building

This petite cutlery factory sits on the foundations of a defunct gasworks.
2 miles from Eyam
The headstone at the grave of Little John.

Hathersage, England

Little John's Grave

A headstone notes where the most famous of Robin Hood's legendary Merry Men is reportedly buried.
3 miles from Eyam
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