This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

Carved initials which are nearly 500 years old preserve the deposed Queen's presence at Hampton Court Palace.

The Egyptian-inspired last resting place of Lord Kilmorey.

Some wattle-and-daub, a Moorish mural, a glacial erratic, and a Giant named Gilbert.

This ornate English estates "Prodigy House" still bears the cannonball marks of civil war.

A place of remembrance for the Prime Minister that met a violent end.

At just 51 feet and 10 inches long, it's the shortest street in England.

London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.

A comic book store that puts the marvel back in marvellous.

Art Deco and “Wrenaissance” mash-up, this recently restored royal residence has been home to kings and comes with secret monkey passages included.

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

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

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.

A Victorian park cemetery, standing on the site of what was once the Great North Wood.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.