During this yearly Welsh swimming race, competitors tread through the fetid waters of a bog trench.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

The pretty iron lamp is a reminder of the architecture underneath London's streets.

A Victorian school for poverty stricken waifs has been preserved as a museum to their donated education.

Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.

This giant wooden treehouse within a sprawling garden has its own eatery.

A circle stone within a stone circle.

Fantastically decorated underground chambers built in the 1760s.

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.

The longest hedge maze in the world.

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

This 19th-century island fort built to protect against an invasion by sea.

This Welsh hotel is the spiritual home of the British 1953 Everest expedition, the first successful ascent of Mount Everest.

This 500-year-old Tudor home is a treasure trove of history and mystery.

Go back 50 years with a turn on one of the park's carefully restored vintage fairground rides.

Go deep down into the earth to experience the world of Welsh coal miners.

A modest stone circle in North Wales.

One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.