The lantern carried by the infamous Guy Fawkes when he was arrested while attempting to blow the houses of Parliament and the King of England to smithereens

A quirky "castle" formerly belonging to a famous British inventor.

A classic red phone box converted into an informal village library.

The former home of a railway legend and the site of a gigantic labyrinth.

A well-studied colony of endangered bats roosts in this abandoned Victorian Gothic mansion.

Thrilling and delicious complement to any dining experience.

This tower was constructed to commemorate the man who helped bring true democracy to the United Kingdom.

Final resting place of John Middleton "The Childe of Hale."

The heroic tale of a remarkable pup who refused to leave her master's side, no matter what.

The church is gone, but the graves and legends remain.

This operational mill has survived centuries of destruction and construction.

The Last Home of an Executed King.

A woodland close to England's "most haunted village" has been the site of many unexplained events and deaths.

This reconstructed Norman castle is the world's most accurate, from location to livestock.

A tribute to the women who quietly kept the local steelworks alive during both world wars.

What looks like missing grout is actually an old pub's peephole.

A lone pole once used to display a man's corpse now stands empty, but the memory remains.

This crumbling headstone commemorates the first death by tiger in Britain's history.

Lord Byron's embalmed body lies within this medieval church.

In this quiet village, a blue plaque marks the spot where the famous fictional detective retired.

This ancient fort overlooks the site of a disastrous retreat from the English Civil War.

This house was home to a succession of park keepers for more than 90 years, but in all that time, it never had a toilet.

The oldest surviving glass furnace cone in Western Europe.

This star-shaped artillery fort protected the mouth of the Thames from the 16th century to the Second World War.