This ruined medieval castle was the scene of Lord Robert Dudley’s seductive reception for Queen Elizabeth I.

Every year locals tumble 650 feet down to the bottom of the hill chasing a Double Gloucester cheese.

A preserved block of timber buildings from the city's industrial era in the Middle Ages.

This chain of artificial lakes was an ideal test ground for the aircraft that would carry the "bouncing bombs" used by the WWII "Dambusters" squad.

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

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

Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.

A ruined castle has more than its fair share of legends and ghost stories.

The highest peak in all of England is plagued by dangerously fickle climate shifts.

Semi-precious Blue John stones have been mined in this cavern system for centuries.

A magnificent Victorian garden that brings the charm and style of old-time aristocracy to the 21st century public.

Europe's largest prehistoric mound – burial site of a legendary king?

A labyrinthine underworld of tunnels and caverns hides beneath the city.

This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.

Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.

Giant naked man on a hillside.

This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.

A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.