A relic of medieval punishment marks the center of this quintessential English village.

A unique 1980s designed church sits uncomfortably in its traditional Victorian churchyard.

In a small Kentish seaside stands the former home of one of the greatest science-fiction writers.

A small waterfall tucked away in the forest of Harmby Gill.

A 1950s beatnik coffee house, turned 60s counterculture hotspot, turned modern music venue.

The only surviving leech house in the United Kingdom was a home for bloodsucking worms until the 1900s.

Over 100 years ago this pyramidal holding cell was reserved for rowdy drunks but now only offers five minute sentences.

Vast fan-shaped British cemetery honouring American servicemen lost in World War II.

Gothic tower mentioned in Thomas Hardy poem "The Channel Firing."

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

It is against the law to obstruct the view from the top of this English burial mound.

Despite having a dome made of papier-mâché this tiny observatory has survived for over a century.

London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

It is still illegal to "quarrel" at this unlikely urban oasis built on top of an electrical substation.

This mysterious underground cave in Shropshire dates back to the 18th or 19th century.

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

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

A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A sweet museum focused on beets.

Seventeen members of the local royal family are interred in this Baroque church in northern Germany.