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FOR many of us, this week is half-term, and parents will be looking for activities to entertain the kids. To keep the whole family happy,
has come up with a list of the strangest UK attractions that are sure to raise a smile.
Explore the rude Cerne Abbas Giant in Dorset, an ancient fertility figure carved into a chalk hillside with his bits hanging out.
Or try the Donald McGill Museum in Ryde, Isle of Wight, dedicated to traditional saucy postcards (saucyseasidepostcards.com).
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Anglesey, was given Britain’s longest place name as a 19th Century publicity stunt. Thousands of visitors now turn up to have their photo taken by the sign at the railway station.
FLIGHTLESS pigeon Herman has a new best friend – a disabled twomonth-old Chihuahua called Lundy.
The adorable pair have been inseparable since meeting at animal rescue centre the Mia Foundation in New York, USA. The foundation’s Sue Rogers said: “They started to interact immediately in a very cute way.”
Pee-k at loos at the Gladstone Pottery Museum, Stoke (stokemuseums.org.uk), or get a coffee at The Attendant in London’s Fitzrovia, an old urinal (the-attendant.com).
At the Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities in Hackney, east London, you can marvel at everything from the alleged poo of singer Amy Winehouse collected in a jar through to curios such as dodo bones (thelasttuesdaysociety.org).
Teapot Island in Maidstone, Kent, can boast a collection of 8,200 brewing vessels (teapot island.co.uk). There’s a town museum in an old phone box at Warley, Yorks, and don’t forget cutting-edge British Lawnmower Museum in Southport, Merseyside, (lawnmowerworld.co.uk).
In Halifax, West Yorks, there’s a 15ft replica of the town’s unique gibbet – the forerunner of the French guillotine. It was used to lop off the heads of local thieves up until the 17th Century.