Places Edited by Steve 55

Constructed during the 7th century this is one of the oldest largely intact Christian churches in England.

One of the oldest seagoing boats in the world can be found at the Dover Museum.

This vestige of Seychelles’s colonial past now resides in a busy intersection and didn’t chime for its first 96 years.

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

This centuries-old hotel hides a network of secret cellars and passages once used by smugglers.

A decommissioned tube carriage within a London museum hosts a regular pop-up supper club.

An abandoned football stadium with a tragic past.

This plaque remembers a grave mistake that led to one local woman being buried alive.

This 12th-century house is one of the oldest continuously inhabited houses in Britain.

This slice of 1960s Danish modernism does not conform to the Oxford college stereotypes.

The city of Manchester quietly unveiled this tribute to a 19th-century massacre.

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

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

A mineral spring that became all the rage in 17th-century England.

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

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

The stoic structure boasts a whimsical set of stained glass art commemorating Lewis Carroll.

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

It was once the longest continuously running cinema in the United Kingdom.

A 13th-century convent where St. Margaret of Hungary spent her teenage years.

Time stands still at this serene burial ground in the center of Budapest.

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.

This amazing example of Valencian Art Nouveau looks more like a cathedral than a public market.

The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.