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Great Yarmouth Venetian Waterway - photo: Gary Philo

Visit a Venetian Waterway in Norfolk

Our latest Curiosity of the Week is a Venetian style waterway in the seaside resort of Great Yarmouth…

Essoldo Longford, Stretford Manchester - longfordcinema.co.uk

A building shaped like a cash register in Manchester

Our latest Curiosity of the Week is an unusually-shaped art deco building in Stretford, Manchester…

Italian Chapel, Lambholm, Orkney

Orkney’s Italian Chapel

For our latest Curiosity of the Week we are heading over to Orkney to discover a rather unusual piece of history…an Italian Chapel made from Nissen huts and a shipwreck!

Exterior view of A la Ronde, Devon

A la Ronde in Devon

Our latest Curiosity of the Week is an unusually shaped building in Devon.  A la Ronde is a quirky 18th century, 16 sided house, with a fascinating interior…

Curiosity of the Week - Bedale Medicinal Leech House - North Yorkshire

Bedale Medicinal Leech House

Our latest Curiosity of the Week is an unusual little building that looks like a castellated folly from the outside, but was actually built to store leeches…

Queensferry Burryman

Scotland’s Burryman

Our latest Curiosity of the Week is a unique custom in South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, that involves a man covered in sticky burrs…

Curiosity of the Week - London Cart Marking Ceremony 2018

London’s annual Cart Marking Ceremony

Our latest Curiosity of the Week is a quirky annual ceremony in London, that you’ve probably never heard of…

Curiosity of the Week - Well Dressing Etwall, Derbyshire - Contrary Life

Well Dressing in Derbyshire

Our latest Curiosity of the Week is a traditional custom that takes place every year throughout the villages and towns of Derbyshire…

Contrary Life - Morecambe Murals - Curiosity of the week

Murals in Morecambe

Our latest Curiosity of the Week features a street of outdoor art in Morecambe, tucked away from the cheesy delights of the seafront…

Curiosity of the Week - Wimborne Chained Library - Dorset

Wimborne’s Chained Library

Our latest Curiosity of the Week is one of the oldest and most unusual libraries in the country. The Chained Library at Wimborne Minster in Dorset was founded in 1686 and is the second largest library of its kind in the country…

Harrison’s Garden - Gunby Hall - Luke Jerram

A room full of clocks in Lincolnshire

Our latest Curiosity of the Week is an installation of more than 2,000 clocks in Lincolnshire. This unusual creation, titled Harrison’s Garden, is the brainchild of artist Luke Jerram, and can currently be found at the National Trust’s Gunby Hall…

Heritage Museum - J.B. Banks and Son - Cockermouth, Cumbria

The Heritage Museum hidden in a hardware store

Our latest Curiosity of the Week is a wonderful little museum in Cockermouth, Cumbria.  This hidden gem can be found in the traditional hardware store, J.B. Banks and Son at Market Place…

ADAM SPEAKS TREEHOUSE - CREDIT TRACEY BLACKWELL

An unusual treehouse at Croome

Our latest Curiosity of the Week is an unusual treehouse in Worcestershire.  The treehouse, wrapped around the bottom of a cedar tree at Croome, was created by artist Chris Alton for the National Trust…

Curiosity of the Week - Mistley Towers ©Historic England, English Heritage

Mistley Towers

Our latest Curiosity of the Week is a pair of unusual towers, located in Mistley, Essex.  The towers wouldn’t look out of place at St Paul’s Cathedral, but they can in fact be found standing out amongst some unassuming gravestones…

Headington Shark - New High Street, Oxford

The Headington Shark

If you head along a road in Oxford, where an unassuming row of brick houses stand, you might see something rather unusual… a large shark diving into the roof of one of the houses…

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Curiosity of the Week

Visit a Venetian Waterway in Norfolk
Great Yarmouth Venetian Waterway - photo: Gary Philo

Our latest Curiosity of the Week is a Venetian style waterway in the seaside resort of Great Yarmouth…

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Festive teams compete in pudding race
Great Christmas Pudding Race 2013 - Covent Garden - London

This weekend, festive teams will be taking on a Christmas themed obstacle course in Covent Garden, London…

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