These ancient ruins were the final resting place of King Henry II's mistress.

Over 100 years ago this pyramidal holding cell was reserved for rowdy drunks but now only offers five minute sentences.

The beloved fantasy novelist is buried near a church containing a whimsical etched glass window full of Narnia favorites.

Beside the pew where C.S. Lewis often sat while attending church, a window filled with characters from his beloved stories.

London's marvelous wildfowl reserve along the Thames.

Rare and wonderfully wormy cadaver art captured in brass for centuries.

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

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

This plaque remembers a grave mistake that led to one local woman being buried alive.

After a night ravaged by bedbugs, it's said King John ordered the creation of this weathervane.

This figure was cut into the hillside in 1937 to commemorate the coronation of King George VI.

This section of the Kennet and Avon Canal has been designated the same level of heritage protection as Stonehenge.

This bridge later moonlighted as a local jail.

The designer of this railway tunnel added a birthday present for himself.

In pastoral England, a plaque marks where an imaginary community addressed the problem of combat mortality.

Preserved baths in a Victorian-era spa town frequented by the most famous people of its day.

A student driver's nightmare.

The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.

This museum is dedicated solely to this millennia-old handheld cooling device.

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

An oasis of calm, nestled in the English countryside.