Monuments in England

A real Hawker Hunter jet in the middle of Basingstoke.

This mysterious pyramid is said to be part of a complex web of occult and Freemason symbols.

At the center of London’s oldest roundabout stands an obelisk that was erected in 1771, but spent several decades elsewhere.

A strange Georgian folly sits atop a lonely hill.

A small stone monument marks the spot on Stavely Road where the first of hundreds of missiles touched down during World War II.

This figure was cut into the hillside in 1937 to commemorate the coronation of King George VI.

One of the smaller hillside chalk horses was designed and cut in by a group of local students in 1804.

In 1999, a new equine figure was cut into this English hillside near the site where an older white horse had previously appeared.

A chalk horse cut into an English hillside in the 19th century.

This small, round building is the entrance to a bomb shelter built in anticipation of World War II.

Dedicated to the 4th Baronet of Sledmere.

A granite plane marks the site where a French aviator completed the first airplane flight across the English channel.

In the 1970s, the citizens of several small villages came together to stop their homes from being destroyed for a new airport.

A letterbox installed specifically for the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.

This collection of ancient structures makes up part of the largest group of prehistoric earthworks in Britain.

A much-loved local landmark pays tribute to the shipbuilding past of this area.