This memorial to World War II's fallen airmen shows us the movements of the stars that once guided them.

A dramatic sculpture high up in Yorkshire with vistas on an industrial scale.

The unusual clock on this 18th-century market building has an extra minute hand for "Bristol time."

A spectacular disused railway viaduct in a beautiful countryside nature reserve.

For over 500 years this timbered alms house has provided a home for elderly residents of Coventry.

The luxurious English estate houses the world’s largest private collection of French Rothschild wines.

This early Norman castle was the first historical monument protected by an act of Parliament.

A great example of the inventive canal bridges that were deliberately split down the middle.

These ruins of Francis Bacon's once-magnificent manor are hidden in the English countryside.

The longest stone bridge in England has an impressive history that dates back over 700 years.

A copy of the brutal decapitation device that predated the French Guillotine by about 200 years.

A 17th-century church is nestled within the walls of a 15th-century ruin.

In the right conditions a wall of water up to five feet tall flows upstream against the current on the River Trent.

This Georgian architectural masterpiece is the only cloth hall left in Britain.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, one of the great Victorian engineers, was the driving force behind the short-lived atmospheric railway.

A stone copper was sculpted on the wall of the Carlisle Cathedral to honor a local hero.

A locomotive made from 185,000 bricks celebrates the town's pioneering railway history.

A medieval relic whose great hall once hosted Mayflower pilgrims, one of Henry VIII’s ill-fated wives, and plenty of royal intrigue.

Built in 1911, the Tees Transporter Bridge is one of only six transporter bridges still in operation.

A magnificent mansion hides a delightful collection of historic timepieces.

The Last Home of an Executed King.

This mysterious hilltop collection of Druid carvings isn't quite what it seems.

The undercroft is a spectacular example of medieval Cistercian architecture.

This English medieval castle is where King John died of dysentery.