This historic franken-chapel is the oldest wooden church in the world, at least part of it.

A miniature village mimics the surrounding buildings so well it includes itself.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

Semi-precious Blue John stones have been mined in this cavern system for centuries.

The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.

This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.

Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.

65 million-year-old chalk outcroppings mark the end of the Jurassic Coast.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.

The Stonehenge of Wales is one of the grandest neolithic dolmens still in existence.

The oldest working mechanical clock in the world.

Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.

The largest oak in England is said to have been the hideout of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.

A giant white horse drawn on an English hillside may not have been intended to be a horse at all.

Europe's largest prehistoric mound – burial site of a legendary king?

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

The world's oldest model village.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

Giant naked man on a hillside.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.