The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

An Iron Age hillfort rooted in Arthurian legend was made famous by musician Peter Gabriel.

This iconic high-rise residential block was one of the last to be built in the Brutalist style.

This hill and tower are steeped in legend, from King Arthur to the Holy Grail.

This star-shaped artillery fort protected the mouth of the Thames from the 16th century to the Second World War.

The world's largest museum devoted solely to the whirlybird comes complete with its own chopper graveyard.

No one is sure what to do with this WWII shipwreck that sits at the bottom of the Thames, still loaded with tons of explosives.

An impressive armored bronze effigy marks the tomb of one of the medieval era's greatest warriors.

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

An avant-garde artist is survived by his seaside garden.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

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

This medieval church is the only one in the world that features all Marc Chagall stained-glass windows.

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

This centuries-old hotel hides a network of secret cellars and passages once used by smugglers.

This massive chalk hill carving is one of England's most beloved giant horse geoglyphs.

One of the largest megalithic complexes in England, which local legend holds is a wedding party turned to stone by the Devil.

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

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

A dark Victorian well house now plays host to mystical waters and pagan shrines.

Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.

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

These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.