UK
The Celtic Rainforest
Jun 12, 2017
Written by
Laura Cole
In this month’s Discovering Britain trail, Laura Cole explores Coed Felinrhyd, an ancient rainforest hidden in North Wales
Suffolk Coast and Heaths
Written by
Jo Sargent
Although the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB is home to Britain’s youngest working nuclear plant, it also contains some of the country’s most important bird reserves. An AONB seemingly riddled with contradictions
Rock of Ages
May 01, 2017
Written by
Laura Cole
For this month’s Discovering Britain viewpoint, Laura Cole heads to Kingston-upon-Thames to find a piece of sarsen stone with a lot of history
City of Trees: saving Sheffield’s greenery
Apr 03, 2017
Written by
Laura Cole
For this month’s Discovering Britain, Laura Cole travels to Sheffield, which claims to be the UK’s greenest city
Milton Keynes at 50
Mar 23, 2017
Written by
Mark Rowe
As it celebrates turning 50-years-old, Milton Keynes is bracing for the challenges of the next half century. Mark Rowe reports
How to create a more ‘United’ Kingdom
Mar 07, 2017
Written by
Geographical
Last year’s EU referendum revealed a divided country. Could genuine economic and social reform reunite the UK?
Thirsty Works
Feb 24, 2017
Written by
Laura Cole
In this month’s Discovering Britain viewpoint, Laura Cole visits the partially submerged church at Rutland Water
Tamar Valley
Written by
Olivia Edward
The Tamar Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty has a long mining history, the remains of which now complement its gorges and rivers to form part of a World Heritage site that is rich in wildlife
Hull of a City
Jan 31, 2017
Written by
Laura Cole
For this month’s Discovering Britain Trail, Laura Cole takes a walk around Kingston-upon-Hull, the UK City of Culture for 2017
In Recovery – 12 months on from Storm Desmond
Jan 18, 2017
Written by
Karen Lloyd
Twelve months on from Storm Desmond and one in five households across the severlely-hit Cumbria region are yet to return home. Karen Lloyd recalls the events of the time and looks at the aftermath
High Weald
Written by
Natalie Hoare
High Weald, UK’s fourth-largest AONB, is often described as a quintessential English landscape, stretching across Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Jurassic Park
Jan 03, 2017
Written by
Laura Cole
For this month’s Discovering Britain viewpoint, Laura Cole travels to London’s Green Park station, an unlikely place to find ancient sea creatures
Moor than meets the eye
Dec 13, 2016
Written by
Laura Cole
In this month’s Discovering Britain, Laura Cole visits Rannoch Moor, a plateau of bog in the Scottish Highlands, shaped by its glacial geography as well as the fraught history of the people who used to live there
Water Wall
Nov 23, 2016
Written by
Laura Cole
For this month’s Discovering Britain viewpoint, Laura Cole explores Birmingham’s Gas Street canal basin
The Lincolnshire Wolds
Written by
Olivia Edward
The Lincolnshire Wolds still bear the indelible impressions of numerous medieval villages that have long since returned to the soil. But it's the rolling hills and chalk streams that draw visitors today
Blackdown Hills
Written by
Olivia Edward
Riven with river valleys and dotted with Iron Age hillforts, the Blackdown Hills are being opened up by a new trail system to improve access and preserve the region
Out of the box
Sep 23, 2016
Written by
Laura Cole
For centuries, crowds have descended – or ascended – on Box Hill in Surrey. For this month’s Discovering Britain trail, Laura Cole finds out why
Cannock Chase
Written by
Natalie Hoare
A look at the UK’s smallest mainland AONB, which encompasses the largest surviving area of lowland heath in the Midlands and once acted as a training ground for more than half a million soldiers
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