This medieval manor house was equipped with secret compartments for hiding priests.

One of the highest Roman forts in Britain is set amid dramatic scenery on a notoriously difficult road.

Once a palace for the Archbishop of York, these 15th-century ruins now serve as a haunt for history buffs.

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

These abandoned coal mine towers near Sherwood Forest might soon boast the U.K.’s longest zip-line.

The world's largest museum devoted solely to the whirlybird comes complete with its own chopper graveyard.

The oldest of the three remaining bridges in England with buildings on top of them.

This memorial to World War II's fallen airmen shows us the movements of the stars that once guided them.

A locomotive that was captured as a prisoner of war is now recognized as a WWII memorial.

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

In the right conditions a wall of water up to five feet tall flows upstream against the current on the River Trent.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, one of the great Victorian engineers, was the driving force behind the short-lived atmospheric railway.

A medieval relic whose great hall once hosted Mayflower pilgrims, one of Henry VIII’s ill-fated wives, and plenty of royal intrigue.

A high-end clothing boutique with a curious basement art installation.

A 17th-century church is nestled within the walls of a 15th-century ruin.

These ruins of Francis Bacon's once-magnificent manor are hidden in the English countryside.

A great example of the inventive canal bridges that were deliberately split down the middle.

A dramatic sculpture high up in Yorkshire with vistas on an industrial scale.

This Georgian architectural masterpiece is the only cloth hall left in Britain.

A locomotive made from 185,000 bricks celebrates the town's pioneering railway history.

Built in 1911, the Tees Transporter Bridge is one of only six transporter bridges still in operation.

This Norman castle has been the scene of assassination plots, religious persecution, and Nazi conspiracies throughout its long history.

One of Oxford's greatest treasures likely belonged to the legendary King Alfred the Great.

A spectacular disused railway viaduct in a beautiful countryside nature reserve.