Abu ɗaya ne ya haɗa Birtaniyya fiye da kowane abu. Yana nan a bayyane, amma ba a yawan magana akai. Muna iya ƙoƙarin ɓoye shi, ko ma kada mu yarda da kanmu, amma a ƙarƙashinsa duka—a hanya mafi kyau—dukkanmu mun ɗan bambanta. Ba a hanya mai muni ba, kawai banza, mai ban sha'awa, mara tsammani, kuma mai ban mamaki na musamman. A matsayin al'umma, muna da haske na ƙirƙira da gwanintar ra'ayoyi masu wayo da ƙirƙira. A cikin ƙirƙira, mun jagoranci duniyar fasaha da wasu daga cikin ƙagaggunmu masu ƙarfin hali da hauka. Ko yanayin ƙasarmu yana da ban mamaki, tare da wasu daga cikin tsofaffi, mafi ban mamaki, da bambancin yanayin ƙasa na Turai, da kuma tatsuniyoyi da yawa. Na yi shekaru ina binciken ban mamakin Birtaniyya, ina gano follies, fasahar jama'a mai ban sha'awa, gine-gine masu ban mamaki, rugujewa masu ban mamaki, da yanayi mai ban tsoro don Jagorar Ban Mamaki na, wanda ya ƙunshi kusan 300 daga cikin waɗannan abubuwan ban sha'awa. Ga wasu daga cikin waɗanda na fi so.
Yoxman, Suffolk
A cikin wani fili kusa da A12 a Yoxford, Suffolk, akwai Yoxman—wani babban zane. Yana da tsayi mita 8 (ƙafa 26) kuma an yi shi da tagulla, ya ɗauki mahalicci Laurence Edwards da tawagarsa shekaru huɗu don ginawa. Mutumin girmamawa ne na sirri ga Suffolk, inda mai zane ya kwatanta shi a matsayin baƙo daga baya, daga ƙasa kuma na ƙasa. An gama shi a 2021, sakamakon yana da ban sha'awa—babban mutum da kyar ya kai saman ƙafarsa, domin Yoxman ya fi ma wasu bishiyoyi kusa da shi girma. Daga ƙauyen Yoxford, bi hanyar da ke gaban shago kuma ka bi ta cikin filin gidan zuwa ga mutum-mutumin.
Little Italy, Gwynedd
Marigayi Mark Bourne, mai kiwon kaji, ya damu da Italiya. Ya ziyarci ta sau da yawa kamar yadda zai iya, yana cika littattafai da zane-zane na gine-gine. Lokacin da ya koma gidansa mai nisa a kan tudun Corris a Gwynedd, Wales, shi da matarsa sun yi niyyar sake yin abin da ya gani a cikin lambun su. Dukansu sun yi aiki a kan ƙirƙirar, mai suna Little Italy, har zuwa shekarun 80s, suna yin samfura na komai daga Hasumiyar Pisa mai karkata zuwa Duomo na Florence. Ko da yake tsohon lambun Bourne ba a buɗe wa masu wucewa, bangon da ke kewaye yana da ƙasa kaɗan, kuma gine-ginen suna da girma don gani daga hanya. Daga Corris Institute, juya hagu sama da tudu tare da layin, sannan ka bi hanyar ƙafa a dama bayan gidan matasa na kimanin mita 100.
Mannakin, Lincolnshire
Mannakin Hall kusa da Grantham yana jin kamar makabartar filastik mai ban tsoro. An ɓoye shi a cikin wata ƴar ƴar hanya ta Lincolnshire, Roz Edwards ta fara shi a 2008 lokacin da ta gane cewa yawancin mannequin ana jefa su bayan ba su wuce shekaru biyar na amfani ba. Ta fara tattara waɗanda ke kan hanyar zuwa shara. Da zarar an gyara ko tsabtace su, ana ba su haya, kuma a kowane lokaci, akwai kusan mannequin 15,000 a wurin. Yawancin ba su da tufafi, amma wasu an sa su da kayan Halloween ko tufafi masu ban mamaki. A matsayin kasuwanci mai aiki, Mannakin Hall ba ya buɗe don shiga ba tare da sanarwa ba, amma za ku iya yin ajiyar ziyarar rukuni, halarci ɗayan ranakun buɗe kai na yau da kullun, ko ma ku kwana a cikin motar ku!
White Scar, Yorkshire Dales
A gefen yamma na kololuwar Ingleborough a North Yorkshire, kudu da tsohuwar hanyar Roman, akwai ɗaya daga cikin wuraren da suka fi ban mamaki na farar ƙasa, wanda aka sani da White Scar. Wannan yanayi na ban mamaki ya samo asali ne a lokacin da bayan zamanin ƙanƙara na ƙarshe, yayin da manyan glaciers suka goge saman. Dubban shekaru na yanayi sun rushe dutsen alkaline mai laushi, suna bayyana ƙananan canyons masu rikitarwa, ko grykes. Waɗannan tsage-tsage masu zurfi sun zama kamar terrariums, suna ba da gida ga tsire-tsire masu wuya waɗanda galibi suna bunƙasa a cikin dazuzzuka masu duhu.
Library, Isle of Arran
An gina Library ɗin da...Bishiyoyin da guguwa ta rushe. Hoto: Arran Brough / Wild Things Publishing
Woodland Library kusa da Levencorroch a Isle of Arran, Scotland, wuri ne na yawon buɗe ido na musamman. Gida ne mai jin kamar babban littafin baƙo na 3D a ciki. Mai gidan daji, Albert Holmes, ya gina shi ta amfani da bishiyoyin da guguwa ta rushe, gidan yana cike da zane-zane, waƙoƙi, saƙonni, kalmomin hikima, da bayanan kula daga mutane a duk faɗin duniya. Waɗannan takardun sun bambanta daga wasa zuwa zurfi kuma yanzu sun kai kusan yadudduka 25, sun cika kowane wuri mai yiwuwa, har ma da rufin. Shiga ciki yana jin kamar shiga wani yanayi daga fim ɗin Michel Gondry ko wani gida mai ban mamaki da wata halitta ta daji ta bar. Ɗauki taswira a cafe na Eas Mor Ecology, gabas da Levencorroch, kuma ka bi wata hanya mai tsauri zuwa ga ruwan fadowa, sannan zuwa ga library ɗin. Tafiya ce ta minti 25.
Sultan the Pit Pony, Mid-Glamorgan
Duba hoto cikakke
Wannan zanen ƙasa an gina shi ne a ƙarshen 1990s. Hoto: Tom Goudsmit / Wild Things Publishing
Yana auna kusan mita 200 daga hancinsa zuwa ƙarshen wutsiyarsa, Sultan the Pit Pony yana kan wurin tsohon ma'adinan Penallta, arewacin Caerphilly. Mike Petts ya yi amfani da ton 60,000 na dutsen kwal don ƙirƙirar zanen a ƙarshen 1990s, yana girmama dubban ponies da suka yi aiki a ma'adinan Birtaniyya a lokacin Juyin Masana'antu. Yana kusa da Parc Penallta Ponds, wanda ke da kyawawan namun daji da hanyoyin tafiya.
Painshill Follies, Surrey
Duba hoto cikakke
Grotto ɗin ya fara ne a ƙarni na 18. Hoto: T P Holland / Wild Things Publishing
Da aka yi wahayi daga al'ada, zane-zane, da gine-ginen da ya gani a babban tafiyarsa ta Turai, mai martaba Charles Hamilton ya fara canza gidansa na ƙasa—Painshill a Cobham, Surrey—zuwa wani abu tsakanin aikin fasaha da lambu a 1738. Tare da haikali, hasumiya ta Gothic, da tafki, ya ƙirƙiri ɗaya daga cikin mafi ban mamaki follies a ƙasar. Ya ɗauki mai gina grotto Joseph Lane don gina wani kogo mai kama da na halitta tare da ƙyalli na stalactites da aka yi daga ma'adanai kamar feldspar da quartz. Gidan shakatawa ya faɗi cikin rugujewa a 1940s, amma ƙaramar hukuma ta karɓe shi a ƙarshen 1970s. Yayin da aka dawo da yawa, aiki yana ci gaba. An gama crystal grotto ɗin a 2013, inda magina suka yi iya ƙoƙarinsu don ya yi kama da na asali, ta amfani da zane-zane na grotto ɗin a matsayin jagora.
Rock-cut tombs, Lancashire
Duba hoto cikakke
Kaburburan suna kusa da wani ɗakin sujada na ƙarni na takwas. Hoto: Stephen Gidzey / Wild Things Publishing
Tatsuniyar gida ta ce bayan da jirgin ruwa ya lalace, Saint Patrick ya wanke bakin teku kuma ya gina ɗakin sujada a Heysham, Lancashire, a wani lokaci a ƙarni na biyar. Tun da aka ce Saint Patrick ma jirgin ruwa ya lalace a Ynys Môn (Anglesey), wannan labari na iya zama mai shakka! Duk da haka, a ƙarni na takwas, an gina ɗakin sujada don girmama shi. Ragowar wannan ɗakin sujada har yanzu yana nan, tare da kaburbura takwas da aka sassaka a dutse—ɗaya rukuni na shida da wani na biyu.
Blackchurch Rock, Devon
Duba hoto cikakke
Duwatsun suna tafiya daga ƙauyen Clovelly. Hoto: Mark Wordy / Wild Things Publishing
Kimanin shekaru miliyan 320 da suka wuce, babban nahiyar Gondwana ta yi karo da Laurasia (wanda ya haɗa da Turai ta yanzu, Rasha, Arewacin Amurka, da sassan Asiya). Tasirin yana da ƙarfi sosai har ya tura duwatsun Blackchurch Rock kusa da Clovelly, Devon, zuwa siffarsu ta yanzu (mun san kwanan wata godiya ga burbushin da aka samu a cikin dutsen, ciki har da Goniatites). Bayan lokaci, tekuna masu ruwa sun ƙara siffata Blackchurch, suna sassaƙa babban baka. Tafiya ce ta minti 30 arewa maso yamma tare da hanyar bakin teku daga ƙauyen Clovelly.
The Tilted Globe, Highlands
Duba hoto cikakke
Zanen a Knockan Crag an yi shi ne daga gidauniyar Moine schists, wani nau'in dutse mai canzawa. Hoto: Media World Images / Alamy
Joe Smith, mahaliccin The Tilted Globe a Knockan Crag a Assynt, arewacin Ullapool, ya fara koyon bangon dutse mai bushe a 1961 yana ɗan shekara 11. A lokacin da ya kai shekara 19, bangon dutse mai bushe ya zama hanyar samun abin rayuwarsa. Bayan lokaci, ya daina ganin bangon a matsayin tsari na amfani kawai kuma ya fara lura da yadda tara duwatsu zai iya zama kyakkyawa, yana godiya da yuwuwarsu a matsayin fasaha. Ya yi aiki da Andy Goldsworthy a kan ayyuka da yawa a duniya, ciki har da Slate, Hole, Wall a Royal Botanic Gardens a Edinburgh. The Tilted Globe wani yanki ne mai zaman kansa da aka yi daga gidauniyar moine schist a Knockan Crag. Wannan yanki yana da mahimmanci a yanayin ƙasa saboda tsohon dutse an tura shi kusan mil 43 (km 70) yamma ta hanyar aikin tectonic, don haka yanzu yana sama da matakan dutse mafi ƙanƙanta. Tafiya ce mai gajeru a kan hanyoyi masu alama daga cibiyar baƙi mai siffar hexagonal, wanda ke da rufin turf.
Wannan wani ɓangare ne na Weird Guide na Dave Hamilton, wanda Wild Things Publishing ya buga (£18.99). Don tallafawa Guardian, yi odar kwafin ku daga guardianbookshop.com. Ana iya samun cajin isarwa. Bi @davewildish. An gyara wannan labarin a ranar 21 ga Mayu 2026 don cire wani kuskuren magana game da Sultan the Pit Pony shine mafi girman zanen ƙasa a Burtaniya.
Tambayoyi da Aka Yi Yawa
Ga jerin tambayoyin da aka yi yawa game da wurare masu ban mamaki a Birtaniyya da aka rubuta cikin yanayi na halitta tare da amsoshi bayyanannu
Tambayoyin Matakin Farko
1 Menene ainihin abin da ke sa wuri ya zama mai ban mamaki
Wuri ne da yake jin baƙon abu, mai ban sha'awa, ko mara tsammani Wannan na iya zama saboda tarihinsa na ban mamaki gine-gine masu ban mamaki siffofin yanayi na ban mamaki ko yanayi mai ban tsoro wanda ya sa ka tsaya ka ce Kai wannan ya bambanta
2 Shin waɗannan wurare suna da wuya a isa ko kowa zai iya ziyartar su
Yawancin suna buɗe ga jama'a kuma suna da sauƙin isa da mota ko da yake wasu na iya buƙatar ɗan tafiya Wasu kyauta ne yayin da wasu ke cajin ƙaramin kuɗin shiga Koyaushe yana da kyau a duba lokutan buɗewa akan layi kafin ku tafi
3 Shin ina buƙatar yin ajiyar yawon buɗe ido ko zan iya kawai bayyana
Ga yawancin wuraren waje za ku iya kawai bayyana Amma ga abubuwan cikin gida ko jagoranci kuna buƙatar yin ajiyar tikiti a gaba musamman a ƙarshen mako
4 Shin waɗannan wurare suna da aminci ga yara
Gabaɗaya e Yawancin suna da kyau don balaguron iyali Duk da haka wasu suna da tuddai masu tsayi hanyoyi marasa daidaituwa ko ramuka masu duhu don haka a kula da yara ƙanana sosai kuma a sa takalma masu ƙarfi
Tambayoyi Masu Aiki na Ci Gaba
5 Menene mafi ban mamaki misali a jerin
Daidai ne tsakanin The Shell Grotto a Margate da The Forbidden Corner a Yorkshire
6 Zan iya ɗaukar hotuna masu kyau a waɗannan wurare ko suna da duhu/cunkoso
Za ku iya samun hotuna masu ban mamaki Yawancin wuraren waje suna da kyau don hotunan yanayi Ga wuraren cikin gida kuna iya buƙatar kyamara da ke ɗaukar haske kaɗan Yi ƙoƙarin zuwa da safe ko a ranar mako don guje wa cunkoso
7 Menene mafi kyawun lokacin shekara don ziyartar wurare masu ban mamaki na waje kamar Fairy Pools ko Durdle Door
Ƙarshen bazara ko farkon kaka yana da kyau
