Chislehurst Caves: Human Sacrifice, Rock Gods, and Roleplay in an Underground Village
Chislehurst Caves has been a bomb shelter and a mushroom farm, a human sacrificial chamber, a battlefield for Time Lords, and a venue for rock concerts.
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Events and Tours
Strange customs, sporting events, tours, ticket events etc. – these Odd Days Out will require a bit more planning.
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Well Dressing – a Peak District tradition
The specific origins of the ancient practice of Well Dressing may be lost to time, however in recent years it has come to form a key part of rural life in the Peak District. Bringing people together in a celebration of all things local these wonderful displays are all at once spectacular and transient.
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Three Mills Island – a secret no one should keep
The history of Three Mills Island is the history of London. It ground the flour and distilled the gin to feed Londoners for hundreds of years. ODO has visited to learn more.
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Prime Minister’s Question Time: How To Get A Front Row Seat
British parliamentary democracy has experienced a bit of a reputational downturn recently, but it’s still known around the world as
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Bata: an industrial utopia in the Essex marshlands
The Bata shoe factory looms incongruously out of the windswept marshlands of Essex.
Around the factory are hundreds of flat-roofed modernist houses. This is East Tilbury, once home to the Bata shoe works and company town.