Strangest Museums in Britain and the Best Worldwide by Strangest Books

However, this particular museum isn't devoted to dogs, rather, dog fashions: It houses Britain's only collection of dog collars, featuring more than 100 collars and spanning centuries. The Leeds Castle Dog Collar MuseumĪnother thing that British people really like? Dogs. This particular museum not only repairs vintage machines and includes exhibits from the time before lawnmowers, but it also houses the world's largest collection of toy lawnmowers. Its tagline is 'It's Mower Interesting.' What more could you possibly want from a lawnmower museum? People in this country absolutely love their gardens and their lawns, so a lawnmower museum is the natural extension of that love and, dare we say it, obsession. And while they're certainly not as outrÃ©, perhaps, as 'dogging' (you may want to be careful in looking this one up), or as prosaic as a Thermos, there are definitely some weird ones out there.

But the book did mention corner shops, which also seems a shame, because where in the world aren't there corner shops? In any case, the exercise in ironic self-appraisement got me thinking about a few of the other testaments to British heritage and identity, namely the museums. The series, which was primarily lifted from a forthcoming book called We're British, Innit by Iain Aitch, did not mention Marmite, which seems a shame, because it is so singularly British, not to mention brown.

Last week, The Independent ran a cheeky photo series on things that make Britain great '“ like blankets, Wimpy Burgers, and pigeons.

Strangest Museums in Britain and the Best Worldwide by Strangest Books