A history of invasion, innovation, ignition, and Iceni, the Temple of Claudius has been an iconic landmark throughout the history of Britain’s oldest recorded town from its very earliest days to the present

Two larger-than-life Sean Henry sculptures blend in with the people of Colchester's high street.

Dating back to the early 12th century, this is the first Augustinian priory established in England.

The largest Victorian water tower in Britain.

The historic villages and towns of Suffolk are filled with wonky wooden beam houses painted an unusual shade of pink. Unknown to many though, this sweet shade has a bloody history.

This meticulously reconstructed early medieval settlement offers an immersive experience of daily life in an Anglo-Saxon community.

The smallest pub in Britain was once a cabinet of curiosities and it still has the dead cat to prove it.

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

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

A rare medieval bone-house, surrounded by remarkable memorial stones

A historic 18th century transportation interchange where arguments about tolls resulted in a very unusual lock.

This ruin in a suburban park may be the place where Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was first performed.

Known as the "Stairway to Heaven," this historic canal dates back to the 1700s.

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

One of these two land speed record-breaking vehicles went so fast it shattered the sound barrier.

Monuments and plaques commemorate the local man whose invention shrunk the world.

The bombed out remains of the old church were kept intact next to the new one, as a reminder of the futility of war.

The historic site where Queen Elizabeth I once gave a searing speech.

From the outside this building does not give away its gruesome past but once inside the bar the previous use is clear to see.

All that remains of the only English cathedral destroyed in the Protestant Reformation.

Every hour on the hour a naked heroine and her leering foil appear from this giant cuckoo clock.

A preserved block of timber buildings from the city's industrial era in the Middle Ages.

This oft-overlooked public artwork depicts another Warwickshire legend.