The undercroft is a spectacular example of medieval Cistercian architecture.

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

Legend has it the famous Robin Hood would attend mass at this 12th-century Cistercian abbey in Sherwood Forrest.

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.

This old Victorian bathhouse is fed by an ancient spring.

These medieval monastery ruins are surprisingly overlooked by most tourists.

This dreamy street will transport you to wintertime in Victorian England.

One of Manchester’s museums has gathered and preserved British political paraphernalia covering over 200 years.

This 19th century police station now puts the history of the Manchester City Police on display.

This Manchester laundromat is hiding something.

Hidden on the urban banks of a Manchester river are a series of abandoned waterside industrial sites.

This nondescript building hides an entrance to an underground nuclear tunnel system.

An abandoned canal route lies hidden under the streets of Manchester.

Long-secret natural history museum, featuring the skull of a "Terror Bird."

One of the U.K's earliest public water supplies is within the "plague village."

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

This chain of artificial lakes was an ideal test ground for the aircraft that would carry the "bouncing bombs" used by the WWII "Dambusters" squad.

The wreck of a B-29 Superfortress now stands as a memorial left in the moors.

This landmark Victorian folly rewards visitors with spectacular views over the Peak District.

This haunting stone chasm is a hotbed of mossy rock and English legend.

This fantastical and eclectic English garden takes its inspiration from Egypt, China, the occult and more.

This crumbling folly looks like an enchanted left over from Middle Earth.

The oldest known metal-mining site in England dates back to the Bronze Age.