FOUR STARTING POINTS
Explore an area.
Find the stories behind old railways, mills, canals and wartime sites.
139 records
Greater Manchester area
Canals, mills, mines and railways in and around Greater Manchester.
151 records
Yorkshire area
Railway crossings, mining history and wartime remains across Yorkshire and nearby areas.
158 records
Kent area
Dockyards, windmills, railways and defences in Kent and nearby areas.
200 records
Edinburgh & central Scotland
Historic industry, transport and defences around Edinburgh and the central belt.
Follow a theme
6 records
Cold War
Bunkers and monitoring posts built to gather information during the Cold War.
63 records
Other wartime defences
Defences from other periods, or places whose dates still need checking.
69 records
WWII defences
Pillboxes, shelters and other remains of the Second World War.
133 records
Lost railways & rail heritage
Old stations, bridges and viaducts. Some still belong to working railways.
92 records
Underground
Canal and railway tunnels, mine passages and other structures below ground.
285 records
Industrial relics
The mills, mines and water systems behind everyday life.
Counties and local authorities
Places grouped using official county and council boundaries. Areas with at least ten records are shown below.
Bolton
10 records
Calderdale
12 records
City of Edinburgh
38 records
East Lothian
30 records
East Riding of Yorkshire
12 records
Fife
28 records
Glasgow City
26 records
Kent
88 records
Kirklees
20 records
Leeds
16 records
Manchester
41 records
Medway
68 records
North Yorkshire
60 records
Oldham
10 records
Rochdale
11 records
Salford
15 records
Stockport
18 records
Tameside
12 records
West Lothian
20 records
Wigan
12 records
Near a town
Places grouped around nearby towns. These are approximate areas, not town boundaries.
Ashford
13 records
Bolton
14 records
Bradford
14 records
Canterbury
18 records
Dunfermline
12 records
Edinburgh
44 records
Glasgow
43 records
Haddington
34 records
Harrogate
14 records
Huddersfield
25 records
Kirkcaldy
16 records
Livingston
23 records
Maidstone
10 records
Manchester
59 records
Margate
10 records
Oldham
19 records
Richmond
11 records
Rochdale
12 records
Rochester
87 records
Stirling
18 records
Stockport
21 records
Whitby
11 records
Wigan
13 records
York
17 records