The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.

This rare aquatic phenomenon is one of the more accessible tidal bores in Morecambe Bay.

The ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian monastery can be found alongside World War II tank traps and pillboxes.

This peaceful oasis appears dreamy, but it's also the site of a nightmarish legend.

The world’s oldest surviving single-arch railway bridge.

A sense of bewilderment encounters visitors when they happen upon this former railway bridge.

A witch wreaks ruinous revenge on this ancient church with her "enchanted leg."

A winding cave grotto walkway built to provide employment for veterans after World War I.

The only pub in the world surrounded by an ancient stone circle.

This Roman quarry once held secret masses and smuggler's contraband and is now home to rare species of bats.

This English medieval castle is where King John died of dysentery.

A spectacular disused railway viaduct in a beautiful countryside nature reserve.

These remarkable cascades are the jewels of Upper Tees.

Once the largest unsupported dome in the world, beating out the Pantheon and St Peters in Rome.

Much of what constituted mid-century Liverpool now litters a beach outside of town.

Constructed from recycled wrought iron railroad tracks, it's been described as the most beautiful seaside pier in England.

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

One fisherman has used his love of pebbles and shore to create a crazy garden of rocky art.

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

Britain’s longest ancient monument, this great 8th century earthwork was built to mark the boundary between what would become England and Wales.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

Beasts and branches swirl in sandstone carvings, interrupted by one strange creature.

The weathered grave of a medieval anchoress who walled herself up in a cell attached to a church.

What was once England's second-richest abbey is now a haunting ruin.