Places mawdsleyem Wants to Go

This tiny watering hole claims to have the smallest bar counter in Europe.

Despite having a dome made of papier-mâché this tiny observatory has survived for over a century.

A 19th-century time capsule of travel, fiction, and historic texts still available to the public.

A tiny, heartwarming piece of art hiding in plain sight.

This dreamy street will transport you to wintertime in Victorian England.

These lovely Turkish-styled baths were brought back to life after winning a reality show competition.

This Manchester laundromat is hiding something.

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

Locals spent years successfully fighting to save this beloved Brutalist behemoth from demolition.

The western face was supposedly left clock-less to snub the Welsh.

A mysterious demonic figure peers down from its perch within the gorgeous Chester Cathedral.

Chester Cathedral is home to a unique painting crafted on a canvas of cobwebs.

Once the last route taken by condemned prisoners.

A rare wooden coffin set vertically into the Gothic arch of an ruined church.

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.

At the United Kingdom's only residential library you can sleep among the books.

The stately remains of Llywelyn the Great's mighty fortress.

Britain's oldest permanent theatre designed and built for puppets.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

The site of an early Arthurian battle and the dwelling-place of prehistoric people and (possibly) an ancient race of giants.

A tiny village in Wales claims the name of a noble medieval hound slain for a crime he didn't commit.

A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.

This Welsh hotel is the spiritual home of the British 1953 Everest expedition, the first successful ascent of Mount Everest.