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The red letters in the literary pavement leading to the library form a mysterious code.

Created as a punny statement about genetic engineering this monstrous hybrid statue has become a beloved icon.

This aging storage facility is the world's largest brick warehouse.

The ruins of a Roman fort lie in the shadows of an imposing medieval castle.

Also known as Rye Castle, this 13th-century fortification later became a prison and held one of Rye's most famous criminals.

Henry VIII's forgotten castle was built by the gunpowder-obsessed king to be defended solely by cannons.

Huge concrete structures designed as an early warning system for Britain to detect enemy aircraft.

An avant-garde artist is survived by his seaside garden.

Its walls are adorned with exquisite murals of the natural world, transforming it into an ecologist’s Sistine Chapel.

One English town's celebratory landmark spurred more trouble than anticipated.

These 1,500-year-old remains were found in a mysterious Anglo-Saxon mass grave.

In a small Kentish seaside stands the former home of one of the greatest science-fiction writers.

A winding cave grotto walkway built to provide employment for veterans after World War I.

This Tudor-era castle was once part of King Henry VIII's plan to protect England from invasion.

This Norman castle has been the scene of assassination plots, religious persecution, and Nazi conspiracies throughout its long history.

This vintage weapons display would be the perfect place for bibliophiles to hold out in a zombie apocalypse.

England's foremost purveyor of funeral furniture hasn't changed a bit since the 1960s.

The oldest of the three remaining bridges in England with buildings on top of them.

Created hundreds of years ago, the magical follies and landscapes at this park were almost lost to time before being restored.

This crumbling folly looks like an enchanted left over from Middle Earth.

The site of one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history, created when a massive bomb dump accidentally exploded.

The site of the most dived wreck in the UK.

This historic abandoned train station looks like a stop for ghost trains.

These medieval carvings bear scars left by Parliamentarian troops during the English Civil War.