Here are some examples of the quirky questions asked by visitors to English Heritage properties:

* "Is this where Sharon and Ozzy actually live?" - A visitor to Osborne House on the Isle of Wight

* A misty day at Dover Castle and the Secret Wartime Tunnels in Kent prompted a tourist to ask: "What time do you switch the mist off?"

* Having been told that Cleeve Abbey in Somerset had once been the home of monks, a group of children visiting Cleeve Abbey in Somerset eagerly asked a member of site staff: "Where are the monkeys?"

* "Why did they build so many ruined castles and abbeys in England?", a tourist at Whitby Abbey, North Yorkshire

* A little girl at Clifford's Tower, York: "Is this Clifford The big Red Dog's tower?" Upon a member of staff explaining that it was actually a castle, the little girl asked: "Is it a bouncy castle?"

* "Can you tell me where I can see the Hobbits?" - asked a visitor to Kenwood House in Hampstead

* After being told that Queen Victoria had nine children, a child on a school trip questioned: "Did they all have the same dad?" - a visitor to Osborne House on the Isle of Wight

* "How long does life membership last?" - a visitor to Osborne House, Isle of Wight

* "Are the tunnels underground?" - a visitor to Dover Castle and Secret Wartime Tunnels, Kent

* "Is that a man-made jetty?" - a visitor to Dunstanburgh Castle in Northumberland, pointing at a 300 million year old rock formation

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