This ancient causeway can flood daily, leaving Mersea Island as a true island for hours at a time, and cutting its 7,000 residents off from the mainland.

Long before wi-fi, this public seat provided the wonder of being online while outdoors.

The grand 14th-century gateway to the lost abbey of St Edmund

Among Europe's oldest timber barns, built by the Knights Templar

This statue commemorates one of medieval England’s most courageous heroes.

Constructed during the 7th century this is one of the oldest largely intact Christian churches in England.

This 400-year-old house tells a tale of witchcraft and woodwork.

A 550-square-meter micro-nation off the coast of Britain.

A hill carving of the legendary dragon that terrorized the village of Bures in the Middle Ages.