This 5,000-year-old circle of standing stones is one of the world's ancient wonders, a monument to the mysteries of antiquity and among the most famous sights in Europe

You can actually enter the stone circle before and after hours—if you book ahead

An ancient stone circle curled around a medieval hamlet

The top prehistoric and ancient sites in the U.K.

The ancient ruins of a Roman-era bath under the 18C and 19C spa

A 5,600-year-old Neolithic passage tomb near Avebury

A small, free city museum of London life, Victorian and Pre-Raphaelite art, and Roman ruins in the basement

Before Salisbury there was Sarum: Iron Age fort, Roman settlement, and mighty medieval city—all abandoned in the 13C

The tallest prehistoric mound in Europe

An ancient roadway flanked by standing stones

The original White Horse, a stylized Bronze Age figure carved into an Oxfordshire hillside