MissPrism

http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/...=gallery&ino=4
I feel that I want to visit the poor things

sheila

I would just like to point out that that's England, and not Britain.

scotlib

I like the looks of some of the places, but it's hard to track down actual info and know where/how to visit!

I have found http://www.northingsfarmmuseum.co.uk/nifm/ b/c agricultural stuff and railway .. I'd love to visit. It's only open a day a month in the warm months, so that's prob. a reason so few visit.

stokebailey

I'm one of the tourists who's never been there. Where is that courthouse? because idyllic is how I like my villages.

Old_Buffer

It's in Long Crendon near Aylesbury but is probably nearer Oxford.

IMDonehere

This story is illogical. Who initially designated them tourist locations and how can they be tourist sights, if no one visits them? And how about places that are not designated as tourist stops, that tourists do visit, how are they counted.

If there is one things these Brits don't get, it's irony.

ESW

Most of them only seem to be open for very limited times, so it is hardly surprising that few people visit. It is a shame as there are some really interesting places on the list.

bvlenci

I was in Durham this summer, and would definitely have gone to St. Andrew's Church to see the two 9th century Anglo-Saxon crosses, if I had known about them. I suppose I'll just have to go back!

The windmill shown is open only five days each year, so 125 visitors in a year is actually fairly respectable.

bvlenci

I've just done a little investigating, and can't find any St. Andrew's Church in Durham. No wonder it gets so few visitors!

There's a St. Andrew's Church in Bishop Aukland, but its web site says nothing about 9th century crosses.

And there's a St. Andrew's Church in Bywell, with some fragments of Saxon crosses, but the photo of the church looks nothing like the photo on the Independent web site.

dotheboyshall

It's in Newton Aycliffe

PatrickLondon

>>Who initially designated them tourist locations and how can they be tourist sights, if no one visits them? <<

The old term used to be "places of interest". They exist, and somewhere along the line someone, or the local community, decided they have some cultural value. Whether or not they are for "tourists" as opposed to everyone else is another matter.

ESW

St Andrews Church is in Aycliffe village and according to the web is only open 2-4 on a Thursday afternoon.