Geographical

Official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)

Discovering Britain

The lavender fields at Castle Farm

Discovering Britain: Darent Valley, earthly paradise

ByRory WalshMay 23, 2025
Rory Walsh explores working life and landscape art in a picturesque Kent valley
Scrabo Tower, overlooking Strangford Lough

Discovering Britain: Strangford Loch

ByRory WalshMay 12, 2025

Rory Walsh crosses the Irish Sea to visit unique landforms shaped by water  View • Rural • Northern Ireland • Web Guide…

The city grid of Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes: Soulless suburb or urban utopia?

ByRory WalshMar 20, 2025
Rory Walsh visits the divisive New Town that became a city
Worcester Cathedral with Watergate in foreground

Discovering Britain: the watery tale of Worcester

ByRory WalshMar 5, 2025
Rory Walsh visits a walled city and discovers how it has been shaped by the UK's longest river, the River Severn
Spurn Point Lighthouse East Riding Yorkshire

Discovering Britain: Spurn Point in the Humber Estuary

ByRory WalshDec 23, 2024
Rory Walsh grapples with Spurn Point – a strange hook across the Humber Estuary –and the dramatic views that it offers
London's East End with a train

Discovering Britain: The vanished communities of London’s East End

ByRory WalshNov 20, 2024
Rory Walsh journeys through the vast history behind London's East End and explores the city's Tower Hamlets.
Group of students overlook Edinburgh at sunset from Arthur's Seat.

Discovering Britain: Edinburgh’s Arthur’s Seat

ByRory WalshNov 6, 2024
Rory Walsh explores Arthur's Seat – the dormant volcano formed more than 350 million years ago – and its fiery origins
Roman Wall near Caw Gap, or Hadrian's Wall, a World Heritage Site in the beautiful Northumberland National Park.

Discovering Britain: Exploring Hadrian’s Wall

ByRory WalshAug 30, 2024

Rory Walsh on the origins and purpose of the world-renowned Roman architecture, Hadrian’s Wall Viewpoint • Rural• North East England…

The view from Dover’s Hill

Discovering Britain: The Cotswold Olympick

ByRory WalshJul 3, 2024
Rory Walsh visits an unusual British sports stadium in the Cotswolds
The view from Dover’s Hill

Migrant workers in the UK fishing industry face the same English tests that barristers or chief executives need for entry

ByGeographical ContributorJul 1, 2024
The UK’s fishing fleet depends on migrant fishers. Geographical investigates the impact of updated visa requirements
Scottish Highlands

Explore the UK’s Geoparks this summer

ByStuart ButlerJun 13, 2024
Go on a summer holiday through geological and human history in one of the UK’s outstanding Unesco Geoparks.
The Lowry, Salford Quay’s theatre, gallery and arts centre

Discovering Britain: Exploring Salford Quays

ByRory WalshMay 8, 2024
Rory Walsh on the slow transformation of Manchester Docks into a media and arts hub
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