York, England
Dick Turpin's Tombstone
The final resting place of England's most notorious bandit.
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York, England
The final resting place of England's most notorious bandit.
York, England
The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.
York, England
The little-known second castle that William the Conqueror built in York.
Ongar, England
This historic franken-chapel is the oldest wooden church in the world, at least part of it.
Nately Scures, England
From amidst her whirling waves, this mermaid sees all who pass through St. Swithun’s Church. If local legends are to be believed, she serves as a warning.
Odiham, England
It's believed King John of England stayed at this 13th-century castle before riding off to sign the Magna Carta.
Rowde, England
This section of the Kennet and Avon Canal has been designated the same level of heritage protection as Stonehenge.
Wiltshire, England
This ancient fort overlooks the site of a disastrous retreat from the English Civil War.
Devizes, England
In 1999, a new equine figure was cut into this English hillside near the site where an older white horse had previously appeared.
Cherhill, England
The geoglyph once sported a glass bottle eye.
Broad Town, England
A chalk horse cut into an English hillside in the 19th century.
Swindon, England
This strategically placed hill fort has served defensive forces from the Iron Age up until the 20th century.
Swindon, England
England's only square-dimension hill horse was built to celebrate Queen Victoria's coronation.
Avebury, England
The only pub in the world surrounded by an ancient stone circle.
Marlborough, England
It's possible to walk inside one of the largest Neolithic tombs in Britain.
Marlborough, England
Europe's largest prehistoric mound – burial site of a legendary king?
Alton Barnes, England
This massive chalk hill carving is one of England's most beloved giant horse geoglyphs.
Marlborough, England
One of the smaller hillside chalk horses was designed and cut in by a group of local students in 1804.
Pewsey, England
This figure was cut into the hillside in 1937 to commemorate the coronation of King George VI.
Avebury, England
The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.
Combe, England
Death hangs in the air here, where a 17th-century gibbet has been erected on a Neolithic tomb.
Penzance, England
A circle stone within a stone circle.
Ludlow, England
Centuries of human activity have forged an eerie landscape of ruins and craters on an exposed and windswept hilltop.
Castlemartin, Wales
Tucked among the sand dunes overlooking a Welsh beach, a real-life tribute to a fictional elf.