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The location Geoffrey Chaucer and tale-telling pilgrims set off for Canterbury in April 1386.

The ground on which Shakespeare’s initial playhouse once stood.

Legend has it this gnarled old tree was planted by Tsar Peter the Great during his visit to London.

Visit the grave of a famous feminist author and the mother of Mary Shelley.

Some of the best renditions of traditional British dishes can be found on the site of a 15th-century inn.

Hidden in the courtyard of the Victoria and Albert Museum is a little-known tribute to two celebrity pooches.

The ruins of a church destroyed by both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, now turned into a peaceful garden.

Order a salt beef-loaded beigel at any hour of the day or night at this East End institution.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

Above an abandoned Underground station, this charming bookstore is home to strange antiquities and literary works.

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

This bookstore serves recipes from the cookbooks on sale.

These docile dragons are ideal inhabitants for the conservatory greenhouses.

The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.

William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

Classic game cookery takes center stage at what's widely considered London's oldest restaurant.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.