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Unexpected London Sight No. 1: Brixton Windmill

The occasionally tough and extremely urban bit of South London where I live has one incongruous pastoral feature tucked away up a hill, where many people don't even know it's there - a windmill, complete with sails.

Although now mostly famous for its clubs and drug dealers, Brixton once looked like this:

Those days are long gone, but an army of Friends is dedicated to restoring the windmill to full working order.

Anyone got a more surreal feature than this in their vicinity?

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