The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.

A whimsical cottage from the 1300s with a preserved Victorian-era post office inside.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

This antique prison is a tourist attraction with a sordid past.

Arthur, Merlin, and Guinevere are among the largest and oldest satellite dishes on the planet.

The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.

Sometimes an island, sometimes a rocky outcropping connected to the world by a tiny suspension bridge.

A ruined castle has more than its fair share of legends and ghost stories.

This grave resides at the crossroad of three parishes.

This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.

This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.

The legend says that this English rock formation was once a hunter who was turned to stone by annoyed witches.

At just 25 inches at its narrowest point, it's one of the tightest streets in the world.

A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.

A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.