Places Spyros K Wants to Go

This ancient church, rebuilt at least 3 times, is flanked at all sides by history.

This fantastical and eclectic English garden takes its inspiration from Egypt, China, the occult and more.

Eighteenth-century home, where Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.

Beasts and branches swirl in sandstone carvings, interrupted by one strange creature.

Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.

The world's oldest model village.

This former abandoned hospital, a complex of stunning 19th century buildings, once housed 2,000 psychiatric patients.

This former quarry is now a vibrant labyrinth of magical in situ sculptures.

A long, winding trek rewards you with a gorge so captivating it inspired a painting in the Tate.

This ornate English estates "Prodigy House" still bears the cannonball marks of civil war.

A historic house devoted to the teachings of a 1700's prophetess and her mysterious box of revelations.

Grab a cuppa at England's first and only domestic tea plantation.

The ancestral home of beloved English poet Lord Byron has a bizarre history.

A giant white horse drawn on an English hillside may not have been intended to be a horse at all.

This long-distance walking route follows the Prime Meridian line as it passes through England.

The oldest working mechanical clock in the world.

Isaac Newton's former home, where the famous apple tree still stands.

Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

Under a church hides a forgotten 13th-century ossuary containing the remains of around 2,500 people.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

The Bristol Camera Obscura housed in an ancient windmill.

Oxford University's stateliest library seems designed to make students truly feel the weight of knowledge.