A historical hangover from the time of public humiliation as a state punishment

Where the rules of that most quintessentially English game were first devised by an eccentric inventor.

A majestic mansion designed in Mughalai style, complete with a turquoise onion dome.

A petite castle folly in the English countryside.

The home of an eccentric Edwardian gentleman is packed to the rafters with handcrafted items collected over a lifetime.

A ruined castle revived by a glove magnate, home to countless tales of bad luck, romance, and war.

A 12th-century manor thick with Tudor scandal and ghost stories

On this wooded path, a stained-glass window creates a spellbinding forest cathedral.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

You can enjoy a (possibly haunted) stay at the medieval Norman castle that was once a favorite hunting lodge of King John.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

Abandoned boats decaying in the largest ship graveyard in mainland Britain.

This may have been the site of a famous and particularly gruesome regicide.

A well-studied colony of endangered bats roosts in this abandoned Victorian Gothic mansion.

Believed to be inspired by the Trevi Fountain in Rome.

Asthmatic Charles Hyett's son built a fantastical garden for his father to convalesce in, alas it was too late.

Every year locals tumble 650 feet down to the bottom of the hill chasing a Double Gloucester cheese.

This stretch of the River Severn where large waves flow against the current is the birthplace of river surfing.

The elegant ruined arches of a Franciscan friary in central Gloucester

The Gloucester shop said to have inspired Beatrix Potter's Tailor

The tomb of a deposed king that drew medieval pilgrims to Gloucester

This fantastic museum honors Gloucester waterway heritage.