This 2,000-year-old tree inspired the nursery rhyme "Rock-a-bye Baby."

A 600-year-old mini shrine guarded by a sword-wielding knight hides in a crumbling cliff face.

Perhaps the only prehistoric monument with its very own public bus stop.

The twists and turns of this serpentine maze are over 170 years old.

This historic building displays the remains of a victim of the devastating 14th-century plague.

Europe's largest prehistoric mound – burial site of a legendary king?

In the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey lies the alleged resting place of the legendary king.

It's possible to walk inside one of the largest Neolithic tombs in Britain.

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

An enigmatic natural rock formation with a manmade passage cut through the center.

This stream-carved gorge has inspired poets, hidden smugglers, and trained soldiers, all without losing its beauty.

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

One of the oldest trees in Britain may have been witness to some of the country's formative moments.

A hundred copies of Antony Gormley's naked body stare out across the water.

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

Astonishing rock formations dot the Brimham Moor landscape.

The last resting place of the famous Native American princess is marked by a haunting monument.

A sturdy relic of Britain's once crucial gunpowder industry is now a haunting Cornish ruin.

The dramatic remains of an abandoned farmhouse sit high on the edge of a remote hillside.

An intriguing three-sided folly is a testament to one man's devotion to Catholicism and the number three.

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

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