The Eden Project, Lands End

You've arrived at The Eden Project!

Although the idea for the Eden Project only dates back 20 years, the clay pit it is built on was in use for a good 160 years beforehand, as well as serving as a television location site; appropriately enough, it was used as Magrathea, home of a race of planet-builders in Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, filmed for the BBC in the 1980s.

Officially opening in March 2001, The Times hailed the Project as 'the eighth wonder of the world'. The public clearly agreed, as the site had clocked up an astonishing 1,000,000 visitors by June of that year. The famous Eden Sessions started the following year, with Pulp headlining - events described by the Daily Telegraph as 'part Glyndebourne, part Glastonbury'.

With installations in recent years of a Treetop Walkway and visitor accommodation, the Eden Project continues to grow and develop. If you're inspired to learn more about how they do what they do, you can even study to a degree level onsite.