Awards & accreditation
Iconic British attraction
Britain's most-recognised landmarks.
94 places with this badge.
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Iconicπ· 10Botanic gardens Β· London
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
The world's most celebrated botanic garden β UNESCO, 50,000 plants, 1759.
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Iconicπ· 10Historic houses Β· London
Borough Market
London's oldest food market β 1,000 years of trading under London Bridge.
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Iconicπ· 10Open-air theatres Β· London
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
London's only permanent outdoor theatre β 1,300 seats, summer-only seasons since 1932.
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Iconicπ· 10Historic bridges Β· London
Tower Bridge
The Victorian Gothic bascule bridge across the Thames.
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Iconicπ· 10Palaces Β· London
Buckingham Palace
Official London residence of the British monarch.
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Iconicπ· 10Cathedrals Β· London
St Paul's Cathedral
Wren's masterpiece β the seat of the Bishop of London.
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Iconicπ· 10Abbeys & priories Β· London
Westminster Abbey
Coronation and burial church of British monarchs since 1066.
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Iconicπ· 10Memorials & monuments Β· London
Big Ben (Elizabeth Tower)
The Great Bell of the Palace of Westminster β and its 96 m tower.
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Iconicπ· 10Viewpoints Β· London
The London Eye
135 m observation wheel on the South Bank.
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Iconicπ· 10Viewpoints Β· London
The Shard
Renzo Piano's 309 m tower β the tallest building in the UK.
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Iconicπ· 10Palaces Β· London
Houses of Parliament
Charles Barry's Gothic Revival meeting place of the UK Parliament.
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Iconicπ· 10Family attractions Β· London
Madame Tussauds London
London's 1884 wax museum β the original Madame Tussauds, with 250 figures and the Chamber of Horrors.
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Iconicπ· 10Zoos & aquariums Β· London
ZSL London Zoo
World's oldest scientific zoo, opened in 1828 in Regent's Park.
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Iconicπ· 10Museums Β· London
Sir John Soane's Museum
The architect's own preserved house β Hogarth, the Sarcophagus of Seti I, kept since 1833.
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Iconicπ· 10UNESCO World Heritage Β· London
Royal Museums Greenwich
UNESCO World Heritage Site β Royal Observatory, Queen's House, Painted Hall, Cutty Sark.
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Iconicπ· 10Historic pubs Β· London
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese
Fleet Street's 1667 sawdust-floor pub β Johnson, Dickens, Twain all drank here.
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Iconicπ· 10Stadiums Β· London
Lord's Cricket Ground
Cricket's spiritual home, in St John's Wood since 1814 β the Ashes urn lives here.
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Iconicπ· 10Stadiums Β· London
All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club
The world's most famous tennis venue, hosting Wimbledon since 1877.
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Iconicπ· 10Viewpoints Β· London
BT Tower
London's 191m Grade-II-listed 1964 telecoms tower; reopening as hotel.
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Iconicπ· 10Military museums Β· London
Churchill War Rooms
Churchill's WWII underground cabinet bunker, preserved exactly as he left it in 1945.
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Iconicπ· 10Gardens Β· South East England
Sissinghurst Castle Garden
Vita Sackville-West's 1930s garden in Kent β the most-imitated White Garden in Britain.
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Iconicπ· 10Memorials & monuments Β· South East England
Battle Abbey & Battlefield
The 1066 battlefield that ended Anglo-Saxon England.
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Iconicπ· 10Natural landmarks Β· South East England
The White Cliffs of Dover
Chalk cliffs facing the narrowest part of the English Channel.
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Iconicπ· 7Theme parks Β· South East England
Legoland Windsor Resort
Britain's most-visited family theme park, themed around 40 million Lego bricks.
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Iconicπ· 10Weird & wonderful Β· South East England
Bekonscot Model Village & Railway
The world's oldest model village β a frozen 1930s England in miniature.
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Iconicπ· 10Breweries Β· South East England
Shepherd Neame
Britain's oldest brewer, in Faversham since 1698.
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Iconicπ· 10Vineyards Β· South East England
Nyetimber
England's most-decorated sparkling-wine estate, on Sussex chalk since 1988.
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Iconicπ· 10Botanic gardens Β· South East England
University of Oxford Botanic Garden
Britain's oldest botanic garden, founded 1621 β Tolkien, Pullman, Carroll all wrote about it.
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Iconicπ· 10Historic houses Β· South East England
Great Dixter House and Gardens
Christopher Lloyd's experimental garden in Sussex β 20th-century horticultural icon.
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Iconicπ· 10Lidos & outdoor pools Β· South East England
Saltdean Lido
1938 Streamline Moderne masterpiece on the Sussex coast β Grade II* listed.
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Iconicπ· 10Roman villas Β· South East England
Fishbourne Roman Palace
The largest Roman house north of the Alps β 1st-century, with the Cupid on a Dolphin mosaic.
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Iconicπ· 10Viewpoints Β· South East England
Spinnaker Tower
Portsmouth's 170m sail-shaped observation tower; views to the Isle of Wight.
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Iconicπ· 10Natural landmarks Β· South East England
The Ridgeway
Britain's oldest road β 5,000-year-old prehistoric track from Avebury to the Chilterns.
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Iconicπ· 10Gardens Β· South West England
Lost Gardens of Heligan
Cornwall's WWI-abandoned-then-restored garden β the Mud Maid, the Jungle, the Productive Gardens.
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Iconicπ· 10Open-air theatres Β· South West England
The Minack Theatre
Cornwall's cliff-carved open-air theatre, hand-built by Rowena Cade from 1929.
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Iconicπ· 3Galleries Β· South West England
Tate St Ives
Tate's Cornwall gallery, above Porthmeor Beach β St Ives modernists.
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Iconicπ· 3Gardens Β· South West England
The Eden Project
Cornish biomes housing the world's largest covered rainforest.
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Iconicπ· 3Natural landmarks Β· South West England
Cheddar Gorge
Britain's largest limestone gorge β 137 m deep, with show caves.
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Iconicπ· 3Archaeological sites Β· South West England
The Roman Baths
Britain's best-preserved Roman bathing complex.
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Iconicπ· 3Family attractions Β· South West England
Crealy Theme Park & Resort
Devon's biggest family theme park, a 100-acre former working farm.
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Iconicπ· 3Cathedrals Β· South West England
Salisbury Cathedral
Britain's tallest spire, single-style Early English Gothic, holds a Magna Carta original.
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Iconicπ· 3Cathedrals Β· South West England
Wells Cathedral
First all-Gothic English cathedral, with the famous scissor arches and a 1390 clock.
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Iconicπ· 3Cathedrals Β· South West England
Gloucester Cathedral
Norman cathedral with the world's largest fan-vaulted cloisters β Hogwarts on screen.
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Iconicπ· 3Historic pubs Β· South West England
The Square and Compass
Dorset's served-through-a-hatch family pub since 1907 β fossils, cider, pumpkin festival.
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Iconicπ· 3Arboretums Β· South West England
Westonbirt, the National Arboretum
The UK's national arboretum β 15,000 trees, world-famous autumn maple display.
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Iconicπ· 3Lidos & outdoor pools Β· South West England
Jubilee Pool
Penzance's triangular Art Deco saltwater lido β first geothermally-heated UK pool.
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Iconicπ· 3Roman villas Β· South West England
Chedworth Roman Villa
One of Britain's largest Roman villas, Cotswold-set, with mosaics and bath-houses.
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Iconicπ· 3Gardens Β· South West England
Stourhead
Wiltshire's 18th-century classical landscape garden β the original Pantheon-and-lake idyll.
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Iconicπ· 3Natural landmarks Β· South West England
Cotswold Way
102-mile National Trail along the Cotswold escarpment from Chipping Campden to Bath.
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Iconicπ· 3Natural landmarks Β· South West England
South West Coast Path
England's longest National Trail β 630 miles around the entire south-west peninsula.
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Iconicπ· 3Natural landmarks Β· South West England
England Coast Path (King Charles III England Coast Path)
World's longest waymarked coastal path β 2,700 miles around all of England.
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Iconicπ· 3Family attractions Β· East of England
Warner Bros. Studio Tour London β The Making of Harry Potter
Original Harry Potter film sets at Leavesden Studios β the UK's most-visited paid attraction.
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Iconicπ· 3Cathedrals Β· East of England
Ely Cathedral
Ship of the Fens β Norman cathedral with a unique octagonal medieval timber lantern.
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Iconicπ· 3Aviation museums Β· East of England
Imperial War Museum Duxford
Britain's largest aviation museum, on a working WWII airfield south of Cambridge.
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Iconicπ· 3Historic pubs Β· East of England
The Eagle, Cambridge
The Cambridge pub where DNA was announced β and the WWII RAF ceiling-graffiti bar.
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Iconicπ· 3Memorials & monuments Β· East Midlands
Bosworth Battlefield
Where Richard III fell to Henry Tudor on 22 August 1485.
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Iconicπ· 3Cathedrals Β· East Midlands
Lincoln Cathedral
World's tallest building 1311β1549; holds a Magna Carta and the famous Lincoln Imp.
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Iconicπ· 3Historic pubs Β· East Midlands
Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem
The Nottingham pub carved into Castle Rock that claims to date from 1189.
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Iconicπ· 3Climbing & bouldering crags Β· East Midlands
Stanage Edge
Britain's biggest climbing crag β four miles of Peak District gritstone.
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Iconicπ· 3Stately homes Β· East Midlands
Chatsworth House
Britain's most-visited stately home β seat of the Devonshires since 1549, home of the Devonshire Collection.