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All the United Kingdom England Yorkshire

The Atlas Obscura Guide To Yorkshire

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

Updated May 11, 2023

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Bolton Strid

Yorkshire, England

Bolton Strid

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.
Head of Melpomene.

Yorkshire, England

'Relics in The Landscape'

A unique sculpture park that features the works of several famed artists.
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Swinton, England

Waterloo Pottery Kiln

The remains of a historic kiln once used to produce the famous Rockingham porcelain.
1 mile from Yorkshire
Hoober Stand.

Wentworth, England

Hoober Stand

This folly built to commemorate an aristocratic victory over Catholic rebellion plays tricks on the eye.
2 miles from Yorkshire
The bridge chapel at Rotherham.

Rotherham, England

The Chapel of Our Lady

This oddly placed 15th-century church is one of only six bridge chapels left in England.
2 miles from Yorkshire
Needle’s Eye, with a person for scale.

Brampton Bierlow, England

Needle's Eye

A folly built to satisfy a gentleman's bet that he could drive his horses through the eye of a needle.
3 miles from Yorkshire

Rotherham, England

Steel Henge

This metal installation is a tribute to an ancient megalithic structure and South Yorkshire's steel history.
3 miles from Yorkshire
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Podcast: Rhubarb Triangle

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March 16, 2022
Vintage engraving of a scene from the English Civil War: Men shoot their muskets through a window while the women reload the guns.

During the English Civil War, Women Fought, Spied, and Defended Castles

From 'Trooper Jane' to rock-throwing Lady Mary Bankes, women had more active roles than once acknowledged, say historians.
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July 30, 2021

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Like the Winskill Stones, pictured here, Riggs Moor sits around Yorkshire Dales National Park.

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It's a reminder that there are vanishingly few places on Earth that don’t carry the traces of humans.
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June 4, 2019
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