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Margate, England

Crab Museum

Europe's "only museum dedicated to the decapod" is full of quirky and absurdist displays, including one featuring the "famous" Giant Crab of Margate.
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Margate, England

Margate Caves

This forgotten chalk mine was reopened thanks to a massive effort from the local community.
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Margate, England

Margate Shell Grotto

Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.
Added by Sylvester
Cornwall, England

Lost Gardens of Heligan

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.
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West Putford, England

The Gnome Reserve

The world's largest collection of garden gnomes lives among the trees and wildflowers on this woodland reserve.
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Westward Ho!, England

Westward Ho!

How did this lovely seaside English village come by such an unusual name?
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Wellington, England

Wellington Somerset Monument

Standing atop Wellington Hill is the world's tallest three-sided obelisk.
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Osmington, England

Osmington White Horse

Want to properly offend a king? Sculpt a giant hill figure in chalk of him riding out of town.
Rachel Added by Rachel
Totnes, England

Totnes Orange Races

Once a year a small English town gets together to chase oranges down a steep hill in honor of a legendary accident.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Looe, England

The Monkey Sanctuary

A wonderful safe haven founded in the 1960s to rescue endangered monkeys from the pet trade.
Monsieur Mictlan Added by Monsieur Mictlan
Manchester, England

Mr Smith's Dream

A tiny, heartwarming piece of art hiding in plain sight.
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Manchester, England

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.
Snea Lea Nea Added by Snea Lea Nea
Manchester, England

Soviet Engels Statue

Manchester salvaged this sculpture of the adopted Mancunian when it was no longer wanted in Ukraine.
JamazingClayton Added by JamazingClayton
Manchester, England

Gnome Island

Since 2017, the remains of Stretford's industrial past have been occupied by a collection of gnomes.
AdOYo Added by AdOYo
Devon, England

'My Dear Mother' Clock

Instead of numerals, the unusual clock face spells out a memorial to a lost loved one.
Gavin Added by Gavin
Devon, England

'Verity'

An allegorical statue of a giant pregnant woman representing justice and truth.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Devon, England

Wistman's Wood

This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Wilmington, England

The Long Man of Wilmington

This giant geoglyph of mysterious origins is now the site of neo-pagan rituals.
Kerry Wolfe Added by Kerry Wolfe
Wilmington, England

The Wilmington 'Madonna'

This church is home to a 1,600-year-old tree, but also a mysterious carved figure who may have been a pagan idol.
AdOYo Added by AdOYo
East Sussex, England

The Quarter Boys

Two gilded cherubs perched on a church bell tower have been reminding visitors of the finitude of life since 1760.
Monsieur Mictlan Added by Monsieur Mictlan
East Sussex, England

Litlington White Horse

This mysterious chalk figure of a horse has been recreated and restored for more than a century.
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East Sussex, England

Beachy Head

England's most notorious suicide spot.
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Kent, England

Aefre

These 1,500-year-old remains were found in a mysterious Anglo-Saxon mass grave.
Monsieur Mictlan Added by Monsieur Mictlan
Kent, England

The Lady in the Woods

This oak sculpture at the edge of a small woodland is nine feet tall and shrouded in mystery.
Bearded Zombie Added by Bearded Zombie