The world's first purpose-built motor racetrack was destroyed by the outbreak of two world wars.

A 15th-century house single-handedly disassembled then reassembled bit by bit 100 miles away.

The biologist's fossilized headstone was meant to reflect his love of nature. Its, ahem, unusual shape is probably just a coincidence.

This early Norman castle was the first historical monument protected by an act of Parliament.

An enormous alien invades Woking, England, as an homage to the H.G. Wells classic 'The War of the Worlds.'

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

The world's oldest operational public pier railway has shuttled seagoing commuters from ship to shore since 1909.

This crumbling 14th century chapel became so unstable the roofing apparently collapsed during a wedding ceremony, narrowly missing the curate's head.

A motley, fantastical agglomeration of unlikely houseboats along the Shoreham-by-Sea riverbank.

One English town's celebratory landmark spurred more trouble than anticipated.

An avant-garde artist is survived by his seaside garden.

This remarkably intact, 260-year-old cargo ship is only visible at the lowest of spring tides.

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.

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

Each spring this woodland floor is carpeted with purplish flowers as far as the eye can see.

The grounds of this Jacobean estate contain one of the oldest mulberry trees in England.

Created by one of England's most prolific labyrinth designers, inspired by Bath city history.

The abandoned funicular tunnel was a secret base for the BBC during World War II.

With lush plants and flowers, huge trees, ponds, and hidden monuments, this place feels a bit like discovering Narnia.

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

This former abandoned hospital, a complex of stunning 19th century buildings, once housed 2,000 psychiatric patients.

A Neolithic burial site built 1,000 years before Stonehenge.

A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.

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