Discovering Britain


Spurn Point Lighthouse East Riding Yorkshire

Discovering Britain: Spurn Point in the Humber Estuary

ByVictoria HeathDec 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

ByVictoria HeathNov 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

ByLogan GourlayJul 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

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
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
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