United Kingdom

Weird and wonderful places around the UK. Discover the United Kingdom you never knew.

Constituents

England

6 Cities

Scotland

1 City

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Surgeons' Hall Museums

Focusing on the history of surgery in Edinburgh, a one time capital of anatomical study, Surgeons' Hall Museums is not …

31 Mar 2023 5 min read

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Hollingworth Lake

A Victorian tourist destination turned WW1 army camp, Hollingworth Lake is today a thriving centre for watersports and …

24 Mar 2023 5 min read

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Jodrell Bank

A world-leading observatory that played a significant role in the Cold War, Jodrell Bank is a unique Manchester attract…

16 Jan 2023 5 min read

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Victoria Baths

Widely regarded as the finest and most intact historic bathhouse in the country, Victoria Baths is currently being rest…

3 Jan 2023 5 min read

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People's History Museum

The People's History Museum is a museum devoted to labour history, located inside a baroque hydraulic power station tha…

3 Jan 2023 5 min read

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Manchester Chinatown

The third largest Chinatown in Europe, Manchester Chinatown is a pioneer of its kind and is developing to this day to c…

30 Dec 2022 5 min read

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Chetham's Library

Where Marx and Engels met to research and write The Communist Manifesto, Chetham's Library is the oldest free public li…

30 Dec 2022 5 min read

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Castlefield

Home to a reconstructed Roman fort and the world's first passenger railway, Castlefield is so full of history it has be…

22 Dec 2022 5 min read

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The Jorvik Viking Centre

The Jorvik Viking Centre showcases York's monumental archaeological discoveries to the world.

13 Dec 2022 5 min read