This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

This tiny traditional smokehouse is the only one left in this historic fishing port.

Across the islands, baked goods, sauces, and much more are for sale 24/7.

Every year locals tumble 650 feet down to the bottom of the hill chasing a Double Gloucester cheese.

The smallest pub in Britain was once a cabinet of curiosities and it still has the dead cat to prove it.

The beautiful non-repeating pattern honors the Oxford professor who discovered it.

A pub that is literally in the middle of nowhere, but continues to do business.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

The world's first underground farm is in a World War II bomb shelter beneath the streets of London.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

A letterbox installed specifically for the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.

This slice of 1960s Danish modernism does not conform to the Oxford college stereotypes.

The lantern carried by the infamous Guy Fawkes when he was arrested while attempting to blow the houses of Parliament and the King of England to smithereens

This 11th century tower is said to be the oldest building in Oxford.

This centuries-old pub boasts a collection of more than 4,500 snippets of neckties from around the world.

Oxford University's stateliest library seems designed to make students truly feel the weight of knowledge.

The beams of the New College, Oxford dining hall come with an amazing story.

Hidden in plain sight, this creepy sculpture watches from above.

Once one of the largest rooms full of books in the world, this bookstore basement is still a treat for bibliophiles.

An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.

The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.