Windmill End , Darby End, West Midlands, DY2 9HU .
(Properly known as Windmill End Pumping Station), and is a scheduled ancient monument and a Grade II Listed building built around 1831. It housed a stationary…
21m (70ft) high and 220m (710ft) long aqueduct that carries the Llangollen Canal across the Ceiriog Valley and which marks the border between Wales and…
Chilworth Road, Albury, Chilworth, Surrey, GU4 8RH.
The extensive site of the Gunpowder Works, which boasts possibly the most prominent (and famous) remains of the Tillingbourne mills. Explore not only the…
Built in 1726, this is the world’s oldest surviving railway bridge. This impressive arch, 80ft in height and with a span of 100ft, once carried a horse-drawn…
This flight of 16 locks may be the most impressive anywhere on the UK's waterways. They were engineer John Rennie's solution to climbing the very steep…
A4069, Between Llangadog and Upper Brynamman, Brecon Beacons, Carmarthenshire/Sir Gaerfyrddin, .
Starting from either of the car parks on the A4069, follow the marked trail and audio trail around the quarries. There are interpretation panels in the…
Upper Lumsdale Valley, Lumsdale, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 5LA.
The valley, on the edge of Matlock, is one of the best water-powered industrial archaeological sites in Great Britain; it is unusual to see so extensive…
Frosterley Railway Station, Stanhope, Nr Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham, DL13 2SL.
Three walks start from Frosterley Station on the Weardale Railway, which look at some of the old quarrying remains of Frosterley and their effects on the…
Substantial remains of former lead mines and processing works, much of which has been restored on conserved. Cornish engine house. Located in Minera Country…
From Merthyr Tydfil, to Abercynon, Merthyr Tydfil, .
Explore the ‘Trevithick Trail’ that includes the ‘Trevithick Tunnel’, and enjoy a walk through history surrounded by nature’s beauty as it nestles…
Oystermouth Road, Swansea, Swansea, .
Starts at the ‘National Waterfront Museum’, which is best arrived at by using the Park & Ride service to the city centre. With so much to see among…
Main Street, Swannington, Coalville, Leicestershire, LE67 8QN.
Part of the Leicester & Swannington Railway, one of England's first, built by Robert Stephenson to carry coal. An engine house at the top housed an engine…
Low Park Wood Caravan Site, Sedgwick, Cumbria, LA8 8AD.
Operated from 1857 until 1935. Includes the remains of buildings, mill races, leats and curious earthworks abound. Six incorporating mills, all of which…
Off Bysing Wood Road, Faversham, Kent, ME13 7UD.
Once one of the main gunpowder factories in the South East, the park is one of the best places to discover history of gunpowder manufacturing in a tranquil…
Rockley Lane, Nr Birdwell, Yorkshire, .
The furnace was built around 1700 to smelt the local iron ore. The engine house once housed a Newcomen type pumping engine that kept the iron mine dry.…
Ram Hill, Coalpit Heath, Gloucestershire, BS36 2TY.
This historically important site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the control of English Heritage, which has been largely cleared of vegetation by…
Trevor Wharf, Llangollen Canal, Trevor, Denbighshire/Sir Ddinbych, LL20 7TY.
Built by Thomas Telford and William Jessop, it is 307m (1,007ft) long, 3-4m (11ft) wide and 1.6m (5.25ft) deep. It is a navigable aqueduct that carries…
Cyfarthfa, Merthyr Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil, .
Located just below the confluence of the Afon Taf Fawr and the Afon Taf Fechan rivers, it is now used as a public footpath. This cast iron aqueduct (1793),…
Pentland Firth Coast, Mey, Sutherland, .
On the road sign it’s called Harrow Harbour. It is easy to jump to the conclusion that when Phillip's Harbour was built in the early 1800s it was primarily…
Penyard Road, Hirwaun, Rhondda Cynon Taff, .
The line dates from the mid-1780s when a horse-drawn tramway was built on a gentle gradient. The horses hauled trams from the quarry to the blast furnaces…
For nearly 200 years, this was a thriving family business. Hundreds of people were employed here and its iron and steel were exported around the world.…
Ty Mawr Road, Whitchurch, Cardiff, Cardiff, CF14 2BH.
A ‘water lift engine’, the only one left in the world. Installed in the 1790s to a design by Jessop & Rennie, it lifted water from the tailrace exiting…
It is a dramatic, heavily wooded, steep sided valley close to St Blazey, through which the River Par flows. The valley retains an industrial and natural…
Kennall Vale Nature Reserve, Nr Ponsanooth, Cornwall, .
Tucked away in a wooded valley near the village of Ponsanooth, is a site of great historical interest having a wealth of industrial archaeological features.…
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