The largest oak in England is said to have been the hideout of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.

The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

This short bridge is the only thing connecting a tiny Irish island to the mainland.

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

Three bridges straddle a stream, one stacked upon the other.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.

The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.

England's most notorious suicide spot.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

The largest cave chamber in Britain—big enough to fit a whole cathedral inside.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.