Great Yarmouth, England
Wellesley Road Grandstand
These grandstands are among the oldest continuously used stands in the world.
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Great Yarmouth, England
These grandstands are among the oldest continuously used stands in the world.
York, England
When the plague struck York, this stone was used to leave supplies for the sick.
Southampton, England
The rusting relics of Southampton's former luxurious flying boat industry.
Kelmscott, England
The country home of world-famous designer, writer, and artist extraordinaire, William Morris.
Lincoln, England
This lone tower casts an outstretched shadow over the site of a once-wealthy Knights Templar preceptory.
Hove, England
An unassuming churchyard is the resting place of a pioneering surveyor and reluctant namesake of a mountain.
Oakham, England
Hundreds of huge, centuries-old horseshoes adorn the walls of this nontraditional 12th-century castle.
Oxton, England
This Bronze Age burial mound used to be called "Robin Hood’s Piss-Pot" until it was renamed by spoilsport Victorians.
Worksop, England
English Protestants once criticized this enormous private chapel for being too ornate.
Northumberland, England
The first museum in the United Kingdom dedicated to this woodwind instrument.
Shepton Mallet, England
Inside this magnificent 12th-century church is one of the finest carved wagon-roofs in all of England.
Hemingford Grey, England
This 12th-century house is one of the oldest continuously inhabited houses in Britain.
Alltnacaillich, Scotland
Unusually, this ancient Iron Age broch has never been excavated.
Malmesbury, England
The influential philosopher's old residence is commemorated in a small English town.
Baginton, England
This reconstructed ancient fort was home to one of the few horse training rings in the Roman Empire.
Lympne, England
Its walls are adorned with exquisite murals of the natural world, transforming it into an ecologist’s Sistine Chapel.
Chastleton, England
Where the rules of that most quintessentially English game were first devised by an eccentric inventor.
Islandmagee, Northern Ireland
This Bronze Age tomb makes the most unusual front garden fixture.
Margate, England
This forgotten chalk mine was reopened thanks to a massive effort from the local community.
Isle of Wight, England
The now-quiet remains of coastal artillery defenses that were used in both World Wars.
Burnley, England
This window celebrates the role of tea, coffee, cocoa, and cotton in creating the fortune of the man who commissioned it.
Glasgow, Scotland
Three large boulders covered in mysterious carvings and graffiti.
Cumbria, England
This tower was created by the area's vicar as a shelter for exhausted travelers, complete with a fireplace and breathtaking views.
Jordans, England
The remains of the man who founded Pennsylvania lie in an unassuming grave in the English countryside.