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Where to Photograph Follies

We are attempting to list all places where photographers can photograph Follies within the UK. This is the start of a list that will both grow over time and hopefully we will be able to add more columns or information.

Where the names in the first column is hyperlinked this links to a Location page with more information on this site and over time more of these will be added, we will be delighted if some of you would like to also produce location pages.

Link Codes: Wiki = Wikipedia , NT = National Trust, EH = English Heritage, FT = FollyTowers

Folly

Near

County

NGR

Website

Notes

Bulkeley Monument

Beaumaris

Anglesey

 

Bulkeley

 

McCaigs Tower

Oban

Argyllshire

NM861302

Wiki

FT

 

The Cawdwell Tower

Uplawnmoor nr Lugton

Ayrshire

 

Wiki

 

Dinton Castle

Aka Dinton Folly

Dinton

Buckinghamshire

 

Wiki

 

Stowe Gardens

Buckingham

Buckinghamshire

SP665366

NT

FT

More than 40 monuments, temples and follies

West Wycombe Park

West Wycombe

Buckinghamshire

 

Wiki

NT

A collection of follies

Wimpole's Folly

Wimpole

Cambridgeshire

TL334520

Wiki

NT

FT

 

Paxtons Tower

Llanarthney

Carmarthenshire

SN541191

Wiki

FT

NT

 

Mow Cop

Congleton

Cheshire

SJ858573

FT

Wiki

National Trust land

Lyme Park Follies

Stockport

Cheshire

SJ965825

NT

'The Cage' and 'Lantern Folly'

Casino

Marino

Co. Dublin

 

Wiki

 

Conolly’s Folly

Celbridge

Co. Kildare

 

Wiki

 

Wonderful Barn

Celbridge

Co. Kildare

 

Wiki

A corkscrew shaped barn on Castletown House Estate

Carn Brae Castle

Cambourne

Cornwall

SW684407

FT

 

Cotehele Tower

Saltash

Cornwall

SX422689

NT

FT

 

Doyden Point Tower

aka Doyden Castle

Padstow

Cornwall

SW967805

FT

NT

 

Grylls Gate

Helston

Cornwall

SW657274

FT

 

Knill Monument

St Ives

Cornwall

SW516386

FT

50ft granite pyramid

Redruth Tower

Redruth

Cornwall

SW682407

FT

 

Rogers Tower

Castle Gate

Cornwall

SW485350

FT

 

Trelissick Water Tower

Truro

Cornwall

SW836396

FT

NT

NT (2)

 

Solomons Temple

Aka Grinlow Tower

Buxton

Derbyshire

SK054717

Soloman

FT

 

Canonteign Falls Canonteign Devon SX832824 Own 220ft, see also Lady Exmouth Falls

Clavell Tower

Aka Kimmeridge Tower

Hen Cliff, Kimmeridge Bay

Dorset

SY908786

Wiki

FT

 

Charborough Tower

Bere Regis

Dorset

SY929975

FT

 

Creech Folly aka Grange Arch

 

Dorset

SY912817

FT

 

Sturts Folly aka Horton Tower  

 

Dorset

SU030067

FT

Alongside a bridle path

Penshaw Monument  

Sunderland

Durham

NZ334543

Wiki

FT

On Penshaw Hill

Temple of Concord

Saffron Walden

Essex

TL528381

FT

EH

Part of Audley End House & Gardens

Iconic Temple

Saffron Walden

Essex

TL515383

FT

EH

 

Belchamp Walter

Belchamp Walter

Essex

TL824403

 FT

 

Black Castle Public House

Aka Arno’s Castle

Bristol

Gloucestershire

 

Wiki

 

Blaise Castle

Bristol

Gloucestershire

 

Wiki

 

Farley Down Folly

Winchester

Hampshire

SU403290

FT

 

Heavens Gate Highclere Castle Hampshire SU445585 FT  

Leigh Park Follies

Havant

Hampshire

SU720090

FT

 

Luttrells Tower

 

Hampshire

SU476009

FT

 

Lymington Obelisk

Lymington

Hampshire

SZ332958

FT

 

Sway Tower

Sway

Hampshire

SZ279967

Wiki

FT

 

Brrokmans Park Eye Catcher Arch

Potters Bar

Hertfordshire

TL254030

FT

 

Dawes Folly

Medway

Kent

TR076605

FT

 

Mays Folly aka Hadlow Tower

Hadlow

Kent

TQ634496

FT

 

Rohans Tower

Woodchurch

Kent

TQ930360

FT

Built 1999

Old John at Bradgate Park

Newtown Linford

Leicestershire

SK525112

Wiki

FT

 

Severndroog Castle

Shooters Hill

London

TQ432761

Wiki

Own

FT

In Oxleas Wood

The Folly Tower

Pontypool

Monmouthshire

SO295025

Wiki

 

The Spectacles Moulton Northamptonshire     An eyecatcher

Triangular Lodge

Rushton

Northamptonshire

 

Wiki

EH

 

Rothley Castle

Rothley

Northumberland

 

Wiki

 

Wallington

Morpeth

Northumberland

NZ030843

NT

 

Faringdon Folly

Faringdon

Oxfordshire

SU297956

Wiki

Own

FT

 

Steeple Aston Eyecatcher

Steeple Aston

Oxfordshire

SP483260

FT

 

 

Wheatley Gothic Temple

Wheatley

Oxfordshire

 

FT

 

Temple Island

Henley on Thames

Oxfordshire

 

Wiki

Own

 

Wroxton Follies

Banbury

Oxfordshire

 

FT

 

Flounders’ Folly

Craven Arms

Shropshire

 

Wiki

Flounders Folly Trust

 

Hawkstone Park Follies

Market Drayton

Shropshire

 

Wiki

Own

100 acres of landscaped parkland with a number of follies

Barwick Park

Yeovil

Somerset

ST564139

Wiki

FT

4 follies

Beckford's Tower

Lansdown Hill, Bath

Somerset

ST737676

Wiki

FT

 

Browns Tower

Farleigh Rise, Bath

Somerset

ST794660

FT

 

Burrow Mump

Burrow Bridge

Somerset

ST359305

FT

 

Chequers Towers

Bruton

Somerset

 

FT

 

Cranmore Tower

Cranmore

Somerset

ST676450

Wiki

FT

 

Glastonbury Tor

Glastonbury

Somerset

ST512386

Wiki

 

King Alfred's Tower aka Stourton Tower

Brewham

Somerset

ST745351

Wiki

Own

FT

Part of Stourhead estate, National Trust Property

Prior Park

Bath

Somerset

ST760631

NT

 

Sham Castle

Bathampton

Somerset

ST777662

Wiki

FT

Above the village

Temple of Harmony

Goathurst, nr Bridgwater

Somerset

ST251342

Wiki

FT

 

Wellington Monument

 Taunton

Somerset

ST137172

 FT

Wiki

 

Willetts Tower

Bishops Lydeard

Somerset

 

FT

 

Dunmore Pineapple

Airth, Falkirk

Stirlingshire

NS889885

Wiki

FT

 

Freston Tower

Ipswich

Suffolk

TM176396

Wiki

FT

 

House in the Clouds

Thorpness

Suffolk

TM468598

Wiki

Own

FT

Water tower

Tattingstone Wonder

Ipswich

Suffolk

 

Wiki

FT

 

Leith Hill Tower

Dorking

Surrey

TQ139431

Leith Hill

FT

 

Brightling Follies

Brightling

Sussex

 

Brightling Follies

FT

6 follies scattered around one village

Hiorne Tower

Arundel

Sussex

TQ012081

FT

 

Nore Folly aka Slindon Folly

Slindon

Sussex

SU955095

Nore

FT

 

Petworth Park Follies

Petworth

Sussex

SU976218

NT

 

Racton Tower

Funtington

Sussex

SU776094

Racton

FT

 

Saxonbury Tower

Heathfield

Sussex

TQ577329

FT

One of a number of follies on the Eridge estate

Toat Monument

 

Sussex

TQ049215

FT

 

Upperton Monument

Petworth

Sussex

SU956232

FT

 

Wappingthorn Tower

Steyning

Sussex

TQ169137

FT

Built 1928

Perrott's Folly

Edgbaston

Warwickshire

SP047862

Wiki

FT

 

Ailesbury Column, Savernake Forest

Marlborough

Wiltshire

SU229648

FT

 

Cherhill Obelisk

Calne

Wiltshire

SU047693

FT

 

Maud Heaths Column

Calne

Wiltshire

ST973738

FT

 

The Pepperbox

Salisbury

Wiltshire

SU212248

FT

 

Stourhead

Warminster

Wiltshire

ST780340

NT

Wiki

FT

 

Broadway Tower

Broadway

Worcestershire

SP113362

Wiki

Own

FT

 

The Four Stones Folly

aka Clent Hills Standing Stones

Bromsgrove

Worcestershire

SO934803

NT

Four Stones

18th century folly. Nimmings Wood car park to viewing platform

Allerton Park Temple

Harrogate

Yorkshire

SE408584

FT

 

Bettisons Folly

Hornsea

Yorkshire

 

Wiki

 

Boots Folly

Bradfield Moor

Yorkshire

SK230899

FT

 

Boston Castle

 

Yorkshire

SK429915

FT

 

Druids Temple

Swinton

Yorkshire

SE175787

FT

Based on Stonehenge + more

Flamborough Old Lighthouse

Flamborough

Yorkshire

TA250708

FT

 

Studley Royal Water Garden

Ripon

Yorkshire

 

Own

NT

Part of Fountains Abbey

Hartcliff Folly

Penistone

Yorkshire

 

Wiki

 

Hoober Stand

Wentworth

Yorkshire

SK407985

Wiki

Own

FT

 

Keppels Column

Kimberworth

Yorkshire

SK389947

The Column

FT

 

Lunds Tower & Wainmans Pinnacle aka The Pepper Pots

Sutton

Yorkshire

SD993431

FT

 

Needles Eye at Wentworth Woodhouse Park

Rotherham

Yorkshire

SK390990

Wiki

FT

This is one of four follies

Roundhay Park Castle

Leeds

Yorkshire

 

Wiki

 

Stoodley Pike

Todmorden

Yorkshire

SD973242

FT

 

Wainhouse tower

Halifax

Yorkshire

SE078240

Wiki

FT

 

Wentworth Castle Follies

 

Yorkshire

 

FT

11 follies on the estate

Yorke’s Folly The Two Stoops

Nidderdale

Yorkshire

SE158636

FT

 


This list will continue to grow as we come across new places. REMEMBER if know of somewhere that you feel is a good place please let us know.

 


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