Architectural Oddities in the United Kingdom

Discover 160 architectural oddities in the United Kingdom.

London, England

Great Ormond Street Hospital

Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.

Brighton, England

Madeira Lift

Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.

Liverpool, England

St. John's Beacon

The tower was originally used as a chimney for the waste incinerator of St. John's Precinct and Market.

Gibraltar Airport

Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.

Kielder, England

Kielder Observatory

England's "pier at the end of the universe" unites astronomy and contemporary architecture.

London, England

London's Lilliputian Police Station

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

Tower of the Ecliptic Observatory

Quirky Welsh observatory unites art and science.

Bristol, England

The Observatory & Camera Obscura

The Bristol Camera Obscura housed in an ancient windmill.

Liverpool, England

Williamson Tunnels

19th century tunnels burrowed under Liverpool.

London, England

Michael Faraday Memorial

Shiny Brutalist box commemorates a pioneer of electricity and houses a railway transformer.

Northamptonshire, England

Rushton Triangular Lodge

An intriguing three-sided folly is a testament to one man's devotion to Catholicism and the number three.

Burnley, England

The Singing Ringing Tree

A metal tree emits eerie, melodic notes on top of Lancashire's Crown Point.

Falkirk, Scotland

Falkirk Wheel

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

Cornwall, England

Dobwalls Bypass Bat Bridge

These "bridges" help confused bats cross the road.

Cornwall, England

Minack Theatre

A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.

Portmeirion Village

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."