This iconic Peak District ridge was once one of the busiest roads in medieval Britain.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

This amazing trail among the many waterfalls around Ingleton has been enchanting visitors since 1885.

Isaac Newton's former home, where the famous apple tree still stands.

The undercroft is a spectacular example of medieval Cistercian architecture.

The oldest known metal-mining site in England dates back to the Bronze Age.

This tower is all that remains of a 19th-century schoolhouse that became a famous music venue before its destruction.

A hundred copies of Antony Gormley's naked body stare out across the water.

At this snack-shack in the bucolic British countryside, you can still get a slice of socialism with your spot of tea.

This window celebrates the role of tea, coffee, cocoa, and cotton in creating the fortune of the man who commissioned it.

The last of the 19th-century booze-free bars has been slinging teetotal tonics for over a century.

This stained-glass window in an English church bears the coat of arms of George Washington's family.

A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.

Ancient human remains unearthed around the iconic monument.

Inside this magnificent 12th-century church is one of the finest carved wagon-roofs in all of England.

A museum based on the collection of a Victorian family. Housed in a remaining Victorian villa.

A picturesque garden with a surprising past.

This ancient stone bridge dates back to the early Middle Ages.

A historic holy well hidden near a charming English park.

Now nearly dry, this lake is said to be the ancient home of the Lady of the Lake, and was once thought to be bottomless.

Grab a cuppa at England's first and only domestic tea plantation.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

This rocky outcrop served as a quarry for some of the bluestones that sit at the center of Stonehenge.

The Stonehenge of Wales is one of the grandest neolithic dolmens still in existence.