Dorset, England
Badbury Rings
An Iron Age hill fort turned scenic nature park.
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Dorset, England
An Iron Age hill fort turned scenic nature park.
Wareham, England
A popular day's outing in Bovington consists of watching military tank driving practice.
Weymouth, England
The world's only managed flock of mute swans was established as a factory for monk meat but is now an adorable sanctuary.
Swanage, England
65 million-year-old chalk outcroppings mark the end of the Jurassic Coast.
Somerset, England
One of the best-preserved examples of an old town lock-up in the country.
Shepton Mallet, England
Inside this magnificent 12th-century church is one of the finest carved wagon-roofs in all of England.
Somerset, England
This astronomical clock is the second oldest in England.
Somerset, England
The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.
Newton Abbot, England
Instead of numerals, the unusual clock face spells out a memorial to a lost loved one.
Devon, England
An allegorical statue of a giant pregnant woman representing justice and truth.
Newton Abbot, England
The legend says that this English rock formation was once a hunter who was turned to stone by annoyed witches.
Yelverton, England
The site of a mysterious pony massacre is rich with extraterrestrial conspiracy theories.
Newton Abbot, England
Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.
Buckfastleigh, England
This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.
Yelverton, England
This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.
Saint Austell, England
400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.
Trethevy, England
A unique waterfall that some believe attracts the fairfolk.
Launceston, England
A holy well supposedly infused with a saint's spirit flows within this quaint chapel.
Lostwithiel, England
The ruins of an 11th-century Norman castle with a rare, perfectly circular shape.
Dunfermline, Scotland
Did the legendary Scottish knight William Wallace actually take refuge here after a major battle?
Dunfermline, Scotland
Andrew Carnegie funded the building of almost 3,000 libraries across the world, this was the first.
Newburgh, Scotland
One of the youngest whisky distilleries in Scotland may also be the country’s oldest.
Stonehaven, Scotland
This brilliant display of whirling fireballs celebrates Hogmanay.
Stonehaven, Scotland
The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.