Hull, England
Greenwich Meridian Trail
This long-distance walking route follows the Prime Meridian line as it passes through England.
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Hull, England
This long-distance walking route follows the Prime Meridian line as it passes through England.
Pembroke, Wales
A spiral staircase connects the limestone cave with Pembroke Castle, birthplace of King Henry VII.
Broadstone, England
The biologist's fossilized headstone was meant to reflect his love of nature. Its, ahem, unusual shape is probably just a coincidence.
Sheffield, England
One of the last doorless, continuously moving elevators still in use in the U.K.
London, England
The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.
Outer Hebrides, Scotland
What happened to the three lighthouse keepers who vanished from this place remains a mystery over a century later.
Liverpool, England
A memorial to the politician who became Great Britain's first fatality to be caused by a locomotive.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.
Llithfaen, Wales
An abandoned quarrying village turned commune is now a hub for learning the Welsh language.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Accessible only at low tide, the deserted island is dotted with World War II ruins.
Birchington-on-Sea, England
An English explorer's vast natural history collection has the first realistic dioramas of animals staged in their natural habitats.
Nottingham, England
This romantic, decaying 13th-century ruin on the edge of Sherwood Forest is reputedly one of England's most haunted places.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.
Dolgarrog, Wales
Britain's only artificial surfing lake is nestled in the beautiful mountains of Wales.
Penzance, England
Perhaps the only prehistoric monument with its very own public bus stop.
Helston, England
Arthur, Merlin, and Guinevere are among the largest and oldest satellite dishes on the planet.
Stockport, England
Great Britain's only hat-making museum.
Morda, England
The sculpture is made of more than 100,000 knives collected to raise awareness about violence.
Manchester, England
The small bright red pillar survived the 1996 Manchester bombing virtually unscathed.
London, England
A tribute to the intrepid explorer and his crew who perished in terrible conditions on an ill-fated expedition to the Arctic.
Fairbourne, Wales
A hidden tunnel leads to an abandoned slate quarry that's now a secret swimming spot guarded by cliffs.
Isle of North Uist, Scotland
The ruins of a medieval seminary some say is the oldest university site in Scotland.
East Molesey, England
The world's largest grapevine has produced a delicious harvest at Hampton Court Palace for almost 250 years.