Find Britain’s Strangest Places
Discover researched paranormal, unusual and mysterious places across the UK and Ireland.
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Three very different strange days out
Ancient stones, open moorland and woodland folklore – each with something different waiting beyond the familiar story.
Clapham Wood
West Sussex, England
Walk a public woodland surrounded by local folklore, reported lights and decades of strange stories.
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Bodmin Moor
Cornwall, England
Explore prehistoric remains, atmospheric ruins and the landscape behind Cornwall’s enduring beast legend.
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Rollright Stones
Oxfordshire, England
Discover an accessible ancient landscape shaped by ritual, folklore and generations of curious visitors.
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New to ParaMaps
The collection keeps growing. These are among the latest strange stories to receive the full ParaMaps treatment.
Major Weir
The disturbing history and later folklore surrounding Edinburgh’s infamous Wizard of the West Bow.
Explore Major Weir → Outer Hebrides – mysteryFlannan Isles Lighthouse
Three lighthouse keepers disappeared in 1900, leaving a mystery that still attracts speculation today.
Explore the Flannan Isles → Exmoor – cryptid reportsBeast of Exmoor
Big-cat reports, livestock attacks and a wild landscape that continues to keep the story alive.
Explore the Beast of Exmoor →Curiosity without the clickbait
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