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Liverpool, England

St Johns Beacon

The tower was originally used as a chimney for the waste incinerator of St. John's Precinct and Market.
Added by Alpha
Liverpool, England

Liverpool Central Library Entrance Riddle

The red letters in the literary pavement leading to the library form a mysterious code.
Gavin Added by Gavin
Glossop, England

B-29 'Over Exposed' Crash Site

The wreck of a B-29 Superfortress now stands as a memorial left in the moors.
BeckySnow92 Added by BeckySnow92
Liverpool, England

Penny Lane

The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.
AaronNetsky Added by AaronNetsky
Liverpool, England

Strawberry Field

The quiet field that inspired one of the most famous songs of all time.
chrisslater Added by chrisslater
Liverpool, England

Eleanor Rigby's Grave

What do we know about the real woman behind one of the Beatles' most famous songs?
Gavin Added by Gavin
Merseyside, England

The Dream

Giant statue of a disembodied head.
Added by TonyStark
Manchester, England

Manchester Museum

19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.
Allison Added by Allison
Manchester, England

Out House

The remnants of a depressing public toilet are now a hub of ever evolving street art.
paulypaul Added by paulypaul
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
Whittingham, England

Whittingham Hospital

This hospital once pioneered the use of electroencephalograms, but fell into maltreatment, abuse, and eventual abandonment.
Added by cinapelayo
North Yorkshire, England

Red Telephone Box Graveyard

The ghosts of Britain's telecommunication past sit rusting away in a small village in England.
Rachel Added by Rachel
Lincolnshire, England

RAF Stenigot

A quartet of rusting satellite goliaths are all that remain of a communication network that protected Britain from German and Russian air strikes.
bobxzx Added by bobxzx
Manchester, England

Victoria Arches

Hidden on the urban banks of a Manchester river are a series of abandoned waterside industrial sites.
paulypaul Added by paulypaul
London, England

Stompie: The Mandela Way T-34 Tank

An abandoned tank sits in an empty London lot as a symbolic middle finger to local city planners.
Added by stuartheather89
Manchester, England

Mayfield Railway Station

Manchester's abandoned train depot lingers in a post-industrial purgatory.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Chedglow, England

Colin's Barn

Colin Stokes "got a bit carried away" and built a castle that looks like something out of Tolkien.
AaronNetsky Added by AaronNetsky
Maidstone, England

Kent County Lunatic Asylum (Oakwood Hospital)

This former abandoned hospital, a complex of stunning 19th century buildings, once housed 2,000 psychiatric patients.
Bearded Zombie Added by Bearded Zombie
Rye, England

Camber Castle

Henry VIII's forgotten castle was built by the gunpowder-obsessed king to be defended solely by cannons.
Added by stujogreenfield
Hallsands, England

Ruins of Hallsands

The abandoned fishing village was swept right into the sea.
Added by Will R
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Furness Abbey

What was once England's second-richest abbey is now a haunting ruin.
Sarah Laskow Added by Sarah Laskow
Bristol, England

Clifton Rocks Railway

The abandoned funicular tunnel was a secret base for the BBC during World War II.
Gavin Added by Gavin
Storrington, England

South Downs WWII Churchill Tank

An abandoned World War II tank left to rust in the downland.
SarahG Added by SarahG
North Yorkshire, England

Crackpot Hall

The dramatic remains of an abandoned farmhouse sit high on the edge of a remote hillside.
Donkers Added by Donkers