Detourmap
Places worth the detour in United Kingdom
Detourmap lists 3,089 places in United Kingdom, across 2 kinds of detour; archaeological & historic sites are the largest group (1,708). Best known: Stonehenge. 2,567 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 3,089
- Oldest here
- Coldrum Long Barrow 4000 BC
- Little known
- 2,567 of 3,089
- City pages
- 35
By region
5 first-level divisions of United Kingdom have enough places for a page of their own.
By city
35 cities in United Kingdom have enough places for a page of their own.
Archaeological & historic sites in United Kingdom 1,708
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1.Stonehenge
Archaeological · 19th century BC · Iconic
Neolithic henge monument in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
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4.Blenheim Palace
Archaeological · 18th century · Renowned
Country house near Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Nature & landscapes in United Kingdom 1,381
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1.Isle of Wight
Nature · Iconic
Island, county and unitary authority area of England, United Kingdom
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5.Loch Ness
Nature · Iconic
Lake in Highland, Scotland, UK, outflows via Loch Dochfour to the River Ness and Caledonian Canal
Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in United Kingdom?
Stonehenge, 19th century BC. Neolithic henge monument in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.
How many places worth the detour are there in United Kingdom?
3,089: 1,708 archaeological & historic sites and 1,381 nature & landscapes. 2,567 of them are little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages.
What is the oldest place on this map in United Kingdom?
Coldrum Long Barrow, dated to 4000 BC. 324 of the 3,089 places here carry a founding date at all, and 39 of those predate the year 1000.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.