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“Kelvedon Hatch is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Brentwood in south Essex, England. It is situated just north of Pilgrims Hatch, approximately 4 miles (6 km) to the north of Brentwood and is surrounded by Metropolitan Green Belt. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 2,636…”
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The GuardianOct 31

10 spine-chilling places to visit in Britain for Halloween

Ghostly shipwrecks, an abandoned nuclear bunker, a haunted folly … we dare you to visit these weird and ghoulishly eerie sites A derelict, 24-metre tall redbrick and flint folly outside Chichester, Racton Monument (known locally as Racton Ruin) is said to be one of the most haunted places in Sussex and has been the site of many paranormal investigations. George Montagu Dunk, the second Earl of…

One of world's largest cold war museums in former nuclear bunker.

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  • Kelvedon HatchMuseumOne of world's largest cold war museums in former nuclear bunker.
  • Elsewhere
  • Racton MonumentSightChichester, United KingdomDerelict redbrick and flint folly outside Chichester, said to be haunted.
  • Pontsticill reservoirSightBannau Brycheiniog, United KingdomSupplies water for south Wales, has an eerie giant plughole spillway.
  • Chetney MarshesSightNorth Kent, United KingdomMarshy outpost with decaying barges, possibly former prisoner transport ships.
  • Singing Ringing TreePublic artworkBurnley, United KingdomEerie sound sculpture of tuned steel pipes on a Pennine hill.
  • Hodge CloseSightConiston, United KingdomAbandoned slate quarry with cave openings resembling a skull.
  • Crossbones graveyardGardenLondon, United KingdomPauper's graveyard reclaimed as a mystical and macabre garden of remembrance.
  • Cateran HoleSightEglingham, United KingdomBandit hideout cave, difficult to find, with a dark underground chamber.
  • Quorum – the Stone FacesSightNewton Stewart, United KingdomStone faces carved into a drystone wall in the Galloway Hills.
  • The EyeSightNewton Stewart, United KingdomA 10-metre tall cone sculpture on the banks of Black Loch.
  • Normanton ChurchSightNormanton, United KingdomChurch on a promontory on Rutland Water, appears to rise from lake.
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