An ancient woodland that inspired a young J.R.R. Tolkien.

This third-generation institution is one of the last in London that still cures its own salt beef for epic sandwiches.

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.

The Bristol Camera Obscura housed in an ancient windmill.

This 15th century pub is one of only two pubs in England situated on consecrated ground.

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

This ruined 15th-century hermitage is steeped in myth and mystery.

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

These unique stepping stones hug a river's edge to take hikers on a journey through a limestone gorge.

A peace symbol in Northern Ireland is among the world's largest hedge mazes.

Local legend says Isaac Newton built this footbridge without any screws, bolts, or nails.

A million and a half tons of earth were used to create one of the world's largest land sculptures.

An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.

This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.

The world's largest prehistoric copper mine had 30,000 animal bones scattered throughout the maze of passageways.

These legendary stone steps were once used to haul coffins up the rockface.

A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.

A midnight snack that lights up the night.

Local legends say that fairies used to dance in the moonlight here and invite handsome young men into their grottoes.

The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.

This Roman amphitheater is said to be King Arthur's legendary Round Table.

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

This London marker celebrates the spot where the world-famous English band was founded.