Tucked away beside the River Eden in Cumbria is our latest Curiosity of the Week. Lacy’s Caves are five chambers carved into a sandstone cliff…
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Maeshowe Chambered Cairn
Our latest Curiosity of the Week comes in the ancient and unique form of Maeshowe Chambered Cairn.
Mr Straw’s House
This week’s Curiosity is not really all that unusual from the outside, in fact it could be easily missed if taken at face value…
Chesterton Windmill
This week’s curiosity comes in the shape of Chesterton Windmill in Warwickshire. This unusual landmark is thought to be the oldest tower mill in England to retain any of its working parts…
Ring O’ Bells – a pub on sacred ground
The Ring O’ Bells pub in Kendal, Cumbria boasts something of a unique and unusual claim. The Ring O’ Bells is said to be the only pub in the UK to be on consecrated ground…
Village lock ups and round houses
This week’s Curiosity of the Week looks at the village lock ups that can be found in Leicestershire and Derbyshire. These tiny historic buildings were often used to lock up the local drunks…
The Dashwood Mausoleum
This week’s Curiosity of the Week is the Dashwood Mausoleum in Buckinghamshire. A hexagonal structure found on the hill in West Wycombe…
St George’s Fields in Leeds
Hidden in the campus of the University of Leeds is a pretty park with some interesting furniture left over from its previous life. Read this week’s Curiosity of the week to find out where the ‘worthies’ of Leeds lie…
Cilwendeg Shell House Hermitage
This week’s curiosity is a grotto in Wales and not the variety where you might find Santa. The Cilwendeg Shell House Hermitage is an ornamental grotto found in Pembrokeshire…
The Crooked Spire
This week’s curiosity is an architectural phenomenon that has become a symbol of the area. The Church of St Mary and All Saints in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, is the home of The Crooked Spire…
John Snow’s Cholera Pump
Today is the 200th anniversary of the birth of John Snow, so to celebrate this week’s curiosity is the John Snow Cholera Pump in Soho…
Meard Street in Soho
Meard Street in Soho is a small street named after John Meard Jnr, the man who developed the thoroughfare. Although small, it has an interesting and vibrant history as well as some quirky art…
The statue of King Charles I, Trafalgar Square
Not all statues are just statues. There are more to some than meets the eye. A good example of this is the statue of King Charles I, just south of Trafalgar Square in London…
The London Stone
The mysterious lump of the London Stone stands on Cannon Street in the City, but where did it come from? Curiosity of the week ponders its origins…
Curiosity of the week: Postman’s Park
Situated on an old burial ground in the City of London near St Paul’s Cathedral, Postman’s Park is a small relaxing haven with an intriguing history…