The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.

Sprawled across the Great Hall ceiling are various constellations and images relating to the zodiac.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

The UK's oldest theme park slowly slips away.

A medieval replica of King Arthur's legendary table, the Round Table hanging in Winchester Castle was decorated by Henry VIII.

Giant naked man on a hillside.

A half-mile-long stretch of medieval forts built after a devastating pirate attack persists amid the modern port city.

This historic home of the author of Lawrence of Arabia, has a history of literary celebrities and monogrammed sleeping bags.

65 million-year-old chalk outcroppings mark the end of the Jurassic Coast.

A museum based on the collection of a Victorian family. Housed in a remaining Victorian villa.

Open for a weekend once a year around October it houses a fascinating collection of unique Victorian preserved and stuffed animals.