If you’re looking for things to do around Britain, there are endless options: from historic museums to iconic landmarks, there’s no shortage of tourist attractions to pick.
Plenty of holidaymakers might select Tripadvisor as their first port of call when planning an itinerary.
With ratings and reviews of the best spots to visit, it’s a handy tool to use.
But Tripadvisor’s top-rated attractions are not limited to the well-known, tried-and-tested tourist hotspots Britain is known for – such as the London Eye and Big Ben.
The site features many far more bizarre options that might surprise you.
Some are even hugely popular, racking up masses of positive comments and high ratings.
Here’s our rundown of Britain’s most bizarre top-rated attractions on Tripadvisor…
Waterfall that turns objects to stone
Mother Shipton’s cave petrifying well in Knaresborough is an intriguing site
Mother Shipton’s in Knaresborough is England’s oldest visitor attraction, having been open since 1630.
For any fans of prophets and spirituality, it’s truly fascinating – Mother Shipton’s prophecies supposedly predicted the defeat of the Spanish Armada and the Great Fire of London.
This cave, her birthplace, also houses the Petrifying Well, a geological phenomenon with a sort of cascading waterfall that turns objects to stone.
It’s hugely popular on Tripadvisor, with a rating of 3.9 and many rave reviews.
One wrote: ‘If I could give more than five stars I would’, while others praised the ‘enchanting and magical place steeped in history and wonder.’
A Sainsbury’s car park
The Bude tunnel which links a Sainsbury’s store in Bude, Cornwall
The perspex supermarket tunnel has become one of best reviewed tourist attractions in the UK
In one popular Cornish town, there’s an unlikely attraction drawing in the crowds.
Bude – known for its rugged coastline, award-winning pies and historic castle – has a supermarket tunnel that has emerged as the town’s top-rated attraction on Tripadvisor, with an average rating of 4.7 stars.
The must-see tourist spot is a covered walkway that provides shelter for shoppers heading to Sainsbury’s car park from Crooklets Road.
Hundreds of tongue-in-cheek reviews have flooded in on the travel platform over the years, with an overwhelming 1,367 out of 1,554 total reviews rating the tunnel ‘Excellent’.
One person ranked it the ‘eighth wonder of the world,’ while one couple even got engaged under the plastic walkway.
A big rusty pole
A big rusty pole in the UK countryside has become a hotspot tourist sensation
Last year, a big rusty pole become a surprising tourist attraction.
The 19ft pole is located on Littledean Hill Road in Cinderford, Gloucestershire – and became a smash hit, Gloucestershire Live reported.
One fan wrote: ‘Easier to find than the Loch Ness monster and imbued with similar ancient myth. The solstice alignment with the distant Haresfield Beacon has been the subject of many academic studies. Parking is a nightmare.’
Another added: ‘Straight and reasonably long … the best pole I’ve seen in years.’
Pizza Express in Woking
Pizza Express in Woking, Surrey – previously visited by Royals
Pizza Express in Woking needs little explanation.
It soared in popularity after Prince Andrew claimed to have attended a children’s party here on the day he was accused of having sex with a 17-year-old.
He declared: ‘On the date that’s being suggested I was at home with the children… I’d taken [Princess] Beatrice to a Pizza Express in Woking for a party at I suppose sort of four or five in the afternoon.’
He added: ‘I didn’t sweat at the time because I had suffered what I can only describe as an adrenaline surge… I can’t sweat, you see.’
Visitors were quick to make fun of the scenario, with one writing: ‘I went to pizza express in Woking and ordered an extra spicy pizza. It was delicious, and I remember it exactly as it was, detail for detail. The odd thing was: I didn’t sweat! I’m very alike Prince Andrew, aren’t I!’
The narrowest house in Britain
Tourists enjoy the house in Millport on Great Cumbrae Island, Ayrshire
The narrowest house in Britain, called The Wedge, has an impressive 4.4 star rating.
It’s widely considered the narrowest house in Britain, measuring just 47 inches (1.2m) at its narrowest front.
It’s a quirky attraction on the island of Great Cumbrae – although it’s been pointed out Keret House in Warsaw beats it as the narrowest house in the world, despite Tripadvisor’s page for The Wedge.
One former resident even posted a review on Tripadvisor: ‘My mum and dad owned this house when I was between the ages of nine and 14.’
They added they ‘loved living there’.
A visitor wrote: ‘Something to see – it’s quite unbelievable how small this house looks from outside.’
Another added: ‘If you blinked you’d miss it! To find it, look for the board The Wedge located along the High Street.’
A NatWest hole in the wall
The NatWest Hole, a hole in a wall near the bank in Ilkeston
The top-rated attraction in Ilkeston on Tripadvisor is the famous ‘NatWest Hole’, which is literally a hole in a wall near the bank.
Since December 2018, glowing write-ups of the hole in the wall outside a NatWest branch in Bath Street, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, have propelled it to the top of Tripadvisor’s rankings for the town.
One review reads: ‘Move over Stonehenge, step aside Eiffel Tower — Ilkeston has its own architectural marvel: The NatWest Hole.’
And now, locals have been left stunned after a metal bar was placed through the hole.
On Monday, photos posted on social media showing a bar screwed to the inside of the hole prompted hundreds of stunned comments from devotees.
But by Monday afternoon, the bar had been removed, with a NatWest spokesperson telling the BBC the hole had been restored and ‘customer and community feedback is very important to us’.
A Victorian public toilet
The marble and tile sinks of these Victorian toilets are part of the appeal
The site was built in 1899 by the Rothesay Harbour Trust
The West Pier Public Convenience or Victorian Toilets is a public toilet on a pier in Rothesay on the Isle of Bute.
It opened in 1900 after building commenced in 1899, and was renovated in 1994 – and remains open today for visitors to see.
It’s popular, too, with a 4.4 rating on Tripadvisor – and the marble interiors show why.
Fans described visits positively, with one saying: ‘This is the most amazing gents’ toilet on earth.’
Another added: ‘Amazing Victorian architecture, it was like going back in time. Absolutely well worth a visit for a wee and wee look around.’
