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Hidden places in United Kingdom

2 uncrowded places in United Kingdom, away from London: quiet towns, geological oddities and free-to-enter ruins.

Castell Dinas Brân, Castle in Denbighshire, Wales
Forgotten ruins United Kingdom · Wales

Castell Dinas Brân

The fractured remains of a 13th-century Welsh castle on a conical hill above Llangollen, open to the sky and the weather.

Coordinates
52°58′48″N 3°09′47″W
Crowds
Quiet
Landscape
Mountain
Best season
Best in Summer
New Slains Castle, Ruined castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Forgotten ruins United Kingdom · Scotland

Slains Castle

A roofless 19th-century mansion on the Aberdeenshire cliffs, said to have given Bram Stoker the setting for Dracula, and left to the gulls since 1925.

Coordinates
57°24′47″N 1°50′10″W
Crowds
Quiet
Landscape
Coast
Best season
Best in Summer