Visit Kingswood Abbey Gatehouse — the last standing part of a Cistercian abbey in Gloucestershire, with fine stonework, and peaceful village surroundings....

Visit Hailes Abbey — peaceful Cistercian ruins near Winchcombe with medieval history, museum displays, cloister remains, and gentle countryside walks....

Visit Greyfriars in Gloucester — medieval friary ruins dating to the 13th century, with surviving walls, cloister fragments, and peaceful open space....

Visit Launceston Castle — a Norman motte-and-bailey fortress with a soaring round keep, town views, exhibitions, and rich medieval history in Cornwall....

Visit King Charles’s Castle — a ruined 16th-century fort on Tresco with sea views, artillery platforms, walking routes, and links to Scilly’s defensive history....

Visit Great Witcombe Roman Villa — a large hillside Roman site with mosaics, bathhouses, courtyards, and sweeping views across the Cotswolds near Gloucester....

Visit Garrison Walls — historic coastal defences on St Mary’s in the Isles of Scilly, with bastions, sea views, and centuries of military history....

Visit Winterbourne Poor Lot Barrows — a major Bronze Age cemetery on the South Dorset Ridgeway with open views, wildlife, and simple walking routes....

Visit Pilsdon Pen — a high Iron Age hillfort with wide Dorset views, ancient earthworks, wildlife, and rewarding walking routes near the Marshwood Vale....

Visit The Nine Stones — Dorset’s best-preserved stone circle, set in a quiet woodland clearing near Winterbourne Abbas, with peaceful walks and ancient history....

Visit Kingston Russell Stone Circle — a quiet Bronze Age monument on Dorset’s downs with scattered stones, open views, wildlife, and simple walking routes....

Visit Hod Hill — a huge Iron Age hillfort with a well-preserved Roman fort inside it, offering wide Dorset views, walking routes, and impressive earthworks....