Odiham, England
Odiham Pest House
A rare survivor from the age of plagues.
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Odiham, England
A rare survivor from the age of plagues.
Harmby, England
A small waterfall tucked away in the forest of Harmby Gill.
Rivington, England
This 20th-century replica of a 13th-century castle has itself fallen into ruin.
Berkhamsted, England
This early Norman castle was the first historical monument protected by an act of Parliament.
Cumbria, England
One of the best-preserved, yet least visited stone circle sites in Cumbria.
Hemel Hempstead, England
Home to one of the tallest church spires in Europe, this historic church once played host to King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.
Holy Island of Lindisfarne, England
This tidal island, a sacred site in early English Christianity, was the target of a notable Viking invasion.
Bishop Auckland, England
This Georgian Gothic building was created to shelter and feed deer.
Bath, England
This overgrown Victorian chapel made of corrugated metal looks utterly out of place.
Heysham, England
These ancient rock graves were featured on the cover of a Black Sabbath compilation album.
Gloucestershire, England
A well-studied colony of endangered bats roosts in this abandoned Victorian Gothic mansion.
Coventry, England
All that remains of the only English cathedral destroyed in the Protestant Reformation.
Whitchurch, England
The site of an early Arthurian battle and the dwelling-place of prehistoric people and (possibly) an ancient race of giants.
Chester, England
Once the last route taken by condemned prisoners.
Halifax, England
This Georgian architectural masterpiece is the only cloth hall left in Britain.
Shoreham-by-Sea, England
A motley, fantastical agglomeration of unlikely houseboats along the Shoreham-by-Sea riverbank.
Brighton, England
This memorial to the thousands of Indian dead during WWI was callously used for target practice during WWII.
London, England
A celebrated bandstand at the center of what was once the worst slum in London.
Stansted, England
This reconstructed Norman castle is the world's most accurate, from location to livestock.
London, England
A secluded green oasis amidst the towering skyscrapers, bears an unusual moniker that reflects one of the city's oldest guilds.
Elterwater, England
The sculptural remains of the last home of a legendary Dada artist.
Northumberland, England
This temple was constructed entirely by Roman soldiers.
Arnside, England
This rare aquatic phenomenon is one of the more accessible tidal bores in Morecambe Bay.
Wakefield, England
Though much of the castle was robbed of its stones, the underlying earthworks are among the best-preserved in England.