Rare collection of medieval books under lock and key.

Luxurious hotel designed to stir the imagination of its many visitors.

A historic, reportedly haunted pub that provided inspiration for several famous adventure novels.

England's steepest street has such a drastic incline that locals tie their parked cars to lampposts when it gets icy.

Built in the 1300s, this magnificent building that hosted England's kings and queens transports you to the Middle Ages.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Eighteenth-century home, where Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.

It's possible to walk inside one of the largest Neolithic tombs in Britain.

You can crawl inside this atmospheric 5,000-year-old tomb.

In a sleepy village in Oxfordshire, the visionary English writer's gravesite attracts a yearly pilgrimage.

Colin Stokes "got a bit carried away" and built a castle that looks like something out of Tolkien.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

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

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

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

This nondescript building was the birthplace of Morris cars.

This historic pub is a hidden gem for fans of Lewis Carroll.

The centuries-old obelisk may have inspired J. R. R. Tolkien.

Beside the pew where C.S. Lewis often sat while attending church, a window filled with characters from his beloved stories.

The beloved fantasy novelist is buried near a church containing a whimsical etched glass window full of Narnia favorites.

"The Most Wonderful Wonder that ever appeared to the Wonder of the British Nation."

This 12th-century house is one of the oldest continuously inhabited houses in Britain.

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