Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

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

In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.

Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.

The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.

Giant naked man on a hillside.

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

A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.

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

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.

The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.

England's oldest surviving hedge maze has been confusing visitors for over 300 years.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

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

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

This magical museum celebrates the life and work of a seminal children's book writer (and occasional spy).