Monmouth, Wales
Monnow Bridge
The only medieval bridge in Britain with its defensive tower still in tact.
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Monmouth, Wales
The only medieval bridge in Britain with its defensive tower still in tact.
Medway, England
This abandoned gun tower was built to defend the River Thames from a French naval attack.
Isle of Barra, Scotland
This beach runway is off limits during high tide.
London, England
Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.
Milton Keynes, England
Home to Alan Turing, the cracking of the Enigma code, and Captain Ridley's shooting party.
Uxbridge, England
Visit the WWII bunker where the British won the battle for the skies.
Blaenavon, Wales
This former Welsh metal factory is now a lovely abandoned relic but was once one of the industry's world leaders.
King's Lynn, England
The wreckage of an old coastal trading vessel is only visible at low tide.
Sheffield, England
A brick foundation and piles of listing building materials are all that remains of this World War II POW camp.
London, England
This knockout museum lies in a sleepy corner of London.
Bamford, England
This chain of artificial lakes was an ideal test ground for the aircraft that would carry the "bouncing bombs" used by the WWII "Dambusters" squad.
Exeter, England
These medieval tunnels provided water to the city above through centuries of civil war and plague.
London, England
A collection of machines designed to break things for science.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
The last manually operated turntable ferry in the world.
Brighton, England
The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.
Swindon, England
There are hundreds of secret WWII bases hidden in British forests. Built to fight a Nazi invasion, they remained unknown for decades.
Portsmouth, England
Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.
London, England
The world's oldest optical museum is an odd collection where the exhibits look at you.
London, England
The collection contains over 25,000 items and details the painful dental practices of the past.
Brighton, England
Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.
Glasgow, Scotland
The community pools that the community refused to give up on.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
A museum marks and documents the site of the Titanic's launch.
London, England
A Victorian school for poverty stricken waifs has been preserved as a museum to their donated education.
Liverpool, England
19th century tunnels burrowed under Liverpool.