Geographical

Official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)

Discovering Britain

Sunrise at Ness Point, Britain’s most easterly place

Discovering Britain: the eastern most point of the UK

ByRory WalshMar 31, 2024
Rory Walsh visits Ness Point, the very east of England
Looking down on the abandoned mines in the Ystwyth Valley

Ceredigion: the geographical centre of Wales

ByRory WalshFeb 27, 2024
Rory Walsh visits Ceredigion, the central point of Wales, and home to it's hidden treasures
Liverpool’s dockside Baltic Fleet pub

Discovering Britain: A Geographical pub crawl

ByRory WalshFeb 13, 2024
Rory Walsh goes on a geographical pub crawl around the UK
The entrance to West Norwood cemetery

Discovering Britain: West Norwood cemetery

ByRory WalshJan 17, 2024
Rory Walsh explores West Norwood cemetery, one of London’s ‘Magnificent Seven’ cemeteries
The iconic cranes outside the former warehouse in Bristol Harbour

Discovering Britain: exploring historic Bristol Harbour

ByRory WalshNov 29, 2023
Rory Walsh visits a historic harbour and discovers the source of the term 'ship shape and Bristol fashion'
The Parallel Roads of Glen Roy

Glen Roy: the high road and the low road

ByRory WalshNov 1, 2023
Rory Walsh investigates a trio of strange ‘roads’ in the Scottish Highlands
The view of Robin Hood’s Bay from Ravenscar

Discovering Britain: Ravenscar, the holiday resort that never got built

ByRory WalshOct 3, 2023
Rory Walsh visits the Yorkshire coast to search for ‘the town that never was’
The radar mast dominates the Lincolnshire flatlands

Lincolnshire’s silent sentry near RAF Stenigot

ByRory WalshSep 11, 2023
Rory Walsh visits a Lincolnshire landmark that shaped the sky and once provided radar for RAF Stenigot
Sunset at Bedruthan Steps, Carnewas

Discovering Britain: Fistral Beach

ByRory WalshAug 8, 2023
Rory Walsh feels the power of the sea at two spots on the north Cornish coast
Wye crown on the side of the hill in Wye, Kent

King of the hill: the Wye crown

ByRory WalshJun 28, 2023
A Discovering Britain walk. Rory Walsh visits a Kent Downs village with a royal connection
The High Peak Trail near Mam Tor

Discovering Britain: Minninglow Hill

ByRory WalshMay 29, 2023
Rory Walsh follows the High Peak Trail to a large Stone Age tomb guarded by ancient elms
The peculiar Hardy Tree of St Pancras

The peculiar Hardy Tree of St Pancras

ByRory WalshMay 10, 2023
Rory Walsh revisits the Hardy Tree, famed for its backstory and being the strangest sight in any British churchyard
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