Your top ten interesting/fascinating places in the UK
Your top ten interesting/fascinating places in the UK
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Wacky Racer

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I'll go for:-

Minack outdoor theatre..Cornwall

Dungeness...

Clovelly

Dunnottar Castle...Stonehaven.

Druids Temple...Near Masham, North Yorkshire.

The Blue Pool...Wareham, Dorset

Hardraw Force...Hawes

Bowder Stone...Borrowdale,..Lake District

Giant's Causeway....Northern Ireland

Spurn Head...Yorkshire coast.



STe_rsv4

991 posts

115 months

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probably cant name 10 but here's a few I'd add add to the list

The devils pulpit - Trossachs, Scotland
High force - County Durham, England
Smoo caves - Durness, Scotland
Old man of storr, skye, Scotland


slopes

40,743 posts

204 months

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Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens
Brimham Rocks
Cragside House & Gardens - Rothbury
Durdle Door - on a good day
York

LRDefender

334 posts

25 months

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In no particular order;

1 - Jurassic Coast & its geology, Dorset.
2 - Rhossili Bay & the Gower Peninsular..
3 - Dorset Gap, Dorset.
4 - Surrey Hills, Surrey.
5 - Loch Coruisk, Isle of Skye.
6 - Scarista Beach, Isle of Harris.
7 - Corfe Castle & surrounding villages, Dorset.
8 - Loch na h-Àirde & the canal, Isle of Skye.
9 - Bannau Frycheiniog National Park.
10 - Bosham & Chichester Harbour, Hampshire.

These kinds of places are staggeringly beautiful and have a rich industrial history.


ARHarh

4,891 posts

124 months

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A couple local to me

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
Pistyll Rhaeadr

Lotobear

8,097 posts

145 months

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High Cup Nick
The Devils Beeftub
Hole of Horcum
Hodge Close, Little Langdale
Nenthead Lead Mines
Beamish Museum
Ouseburn Valley, Newcastle

....spot the theme biglaugh

Soloman Dodd

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59 months

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One day I'll visit the Eden Project.

Wacky Racer

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Soloman Dodd said:
One day I'll visit the Eden Project.
They are supposed to be opening one in Morecambe very soon.

Agree with Hole of horcum and High cup nick......amazing.


Tango13

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193 months

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The Lost Gardens of Heligan,if you're visiting the Eden Project you might as well visit there too as they're almost next to each other.

Not in the UK but still worth a visit

David Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson Arizona. Better known as the desert boneyard where aircraft are stored or broken for spares.

Lotobear

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For those unfamiliar with Hodge Close, here is a video which whilst good doesn't really catch its awe inspring nature - I visit regularly, usually when on the MTB, and it still wows me. Must be one of the best holes in the ground in the UK, and all man made:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWgHlNIRTm8

andrewcliffe

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241 months

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- Vindolanda, near Hexham
- Skomer Island during Puffin season
- Whitby Abbey
- Lindesfarne




Edited by andrewcliffe on Wednesday 10th September 16:59

WhiskyDisco

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91 months

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Cockermouth

Resolutionary

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188 months

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In no order;

Isle of Grain - moody and strange in all the right ways
Brick Lane - touristy but entertaining and definitely vibrant
St Ives - there's just something I love about this place, and thousands agree going off visitor numbers
Glastonbury Tor - the whole town is wonderfully quirky but this place has some magic of its own, especially at dawn / dusk
Honister Pass - the oh majesty!
Pembrokeshire in general
The South Downs - some lovely rural driving roads, views, and great local pubs
Much of the Cotswolds - see above. Quintessentially English vibe
Lyme Regis to Weymouth - because dinosaurs etc
Cheddar Gorge - good for a stomp and some cheese / cider

Randy Winkman

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206 months

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Resolutionary said:
Isle of Grain.
I like it there a lot but once made the rather rash decision of walking out to the London Stone which marks the end of the Thames (on the south side). I did it when the tide was (very) out but still nearly got stuck in the mud and did get very messy. It's still a great place though. All of that peninsular is.

Wacky Racer

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slopes said:
Cragside House & Gardens - Rothbury
Magnificent NT House....The first house in the UK to be lit by Hydro electricity.

Owned by Newcastle tycoon Lord William Armstrong, manufacturer of the huge 100 ton Armstrong guns on Malta and Gibraltar.

Fun fact:- There are still tiny holes in a wall in a passage, where American servicemen billeted there in WW2 were playing darts and missed the board.

K87

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116 months

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York would come high on my list, especially if you know where to go using something like this city walk

https://www.ratedtrips.com/walking/exploring-york


Also the city of London, the square mile around Lloyds and the Bank of England, some of the side streets are unchanged for 200 years.

https://www.ratedtrips.com/walking/through-the-cit...


TCEvo

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219 months

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For some interesting Suffolk: Orford Ness, Dunwich Heath & Rendelsham Forest.

WrekinCrew

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167 months

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Minsterworth or thereabouts when there's a Severn Bore.
Pembrokeshire Coast
Alum Bay, Isle of Wight (unless it's too commercial these days)

Edited by WrekinCrew on Wednesday 10th September 21:22

sjabrown

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177 months

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1. Ulva - island west of Mull, for its scenery and history and a cracking restaurant for lunch.
2. Dinorwig quarry, for the industrial heritage and sheer scale of the place.
3. Most of the mountains on the Isle of Skye, simply for the views and feeling of space (whether Cuillin, Storr or various others)
4. Traigh Mheilein, Harris. Best beach in the UK.
5. Iona, for combination of history and scenery.
6. Kilmartin Glen, for pre-history/early history of Scotland (could also lump in Crinan and Knapdale area for same)
7. Lismore, again great combination of scenery and history
8. Cader Idris
9. Glen Affric
10. Torridon hills

(there's a theme in my choices)

Spare tyre

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147 months

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The fossil beach bit at Lyme Regis

Get there just before low tide early early in the morning and it’s magical, can kill hours poking about in peace