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Avebury · Marlborough
Sunset at Avebury
Drive out to a stone circle bigger than Stonehenge and watch the sun go down over it.
Caversham Bridge · Reading
Sunset on Caversham Bridge
Watch the Thames turn gold from the middle of the bridge.
Millennium Square · Bristol
Harbourside Sunset
Watch the sun go down over Bristol's floating harbour, drink in hand.
Forbury Road · Reading
Oscar Wilde's Cell
Find the prison that turned a scandal into one of literature's great poems.
Home Park · Windsor
The Ghost of Herne the Hunter
Track down the legend of the antlered huntsman said to haunt the park.
MediaCityUK · Manchester
Quayside Golden Hour
Watch the sun set over the water at MediaCityUK.
Bourton-on-the-Water · The Cotswolds
The Venice of the Cotswolds
Cross four low stone bridges without getting your feet wet.
Marlborough College · Marlborough
The Mound That Might Hold Merlin
Find the ancient mound that's older than Stonehenge — and, legend says, the wizard's actual grave.
New College · Oxford
Wizarding Oxford
Find the real Oxford spots that stood in for Hogwarts on screen.
Nelson Street · Bristol
Bristol Street Art Hunt
Find three pieces of street art in the city that gave the world Banksy.
Stow-on-the-Wold · The Cotswolds
The Doors of Durin
Find the church door that (maybe) inspired Tolkien.
Castlefield · Manchester
Castlefield Time Slip
Stand where a Roman fort met a canal basin, two thousand years apart.
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