Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

This stretch of the River Severn where large waves flow against the current is the birthplace of river surfing.

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

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

A majestic mansion designed in Mughalai style, complete with a turquoise onion dome.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

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

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

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

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

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.

Grab a cuppa at England's first and only domestic tea plantation.

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

The unusual stilted beacon is the town's only active lighthouse.

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

A 200-year-old prison that now houses a peculiar crime museum.

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

The "father of immunology" used this humble hut to offer the local people some of the world's first free vaccinations.

Deep in the countryside lie the remains of one of the grandest Roman dwellings in Britain.

The longest hedge maze in the world.

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

Don't be fooled by this fake medieval facade even if it is almost 300 years old.

The designer of this railway tunnel added a birthday present for himself.