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

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.

This centuries-old canal known as the Cuckoo Dyke has a staircase of locks suitable for a giant.

The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

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

Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".

All that remains of the fishing-vessel-turned-warship is its weathered hull.