This World War II bomber station became the principal motor racing circuit in Britain. The control tower survives as the HQ of the British Racing Drivers Club.
Sir George Cayley Bt is regarded by many as the father of manned flight. His workshop was the base where he developed his ideas, invented the spoked bicycle wheel, prosthetics and the catepiller track.
An early lighthouse, the last privately owned and bought by Trinity House, and a particularly important navigation beacon. The adjacent cottage is probably the oldest surviving purpose-built lighthouse keeper's accommodation in the world, dated about 1717.
This is one of three great aqueducts that carry the Union Canal across rivers between Edinburgh and Falkirk. Here it's the Water of Leith - the others are the Almond at Lin's Mill and the Avon at Muiravonside
Designed by Sir Thomas Bouch (of first Tay Bridge fame), this dramatic viaduct near Kirkby Stephen was built in 1861. It is listed Grade II*.
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