Discovering Britain


Drought reveals the Lake District’s flooded village of Mardale Green

Drought reveals the Lake District’s flooded village of Mardale Green

ByRory WalshSep 29, 2022
After Britain's driest summer for decades revealed long-forgotten objects and buildings, Rory Walsh looks for the 'Lake District Atlantis'
The living legend of Sherwood Forest

The living legend of Sherwood Forest

ByRory WalshSep 5, 2022
Robin Hood has drawn people to Sherwood Forest for generations. The National Nature Reserve today attracts 350,000 a year
Surf’s up: discovering the secrets of Widemouth Bay

Surf’s up: discovering the secrets of Widemouth Bay

ByRory WalshAug 31, 2022
Rory Walsh visits a Cornish Bay where as much as a quarter of the world's internet traffic is routed through underwater cables
Exploring birdlife on the Calf of Man

Exploring birdlife on the Calf of Man

ByRory WalshAug 29, 2022
Rory Walsh visits the once rat-infested islet which today is back as a vital breeding spot for the Manx shearwater
Dunstan Staiths

Dunston Staiths: coal survivor on the River Tyne

ByRory WalshAug 25, 2022
Rory Walsh visits a unique industrial landmark on the River Tyne thought to be the largest wooden structure in Europe
Weymouth UK

Finding the essence of the ‘Great British Seaside’ in Weymouth

ByRory WalshAug 22, 2022
Not only is this one of the country's oldest bucket-and-spade resorts, but it is also Rory Walsh's favourite
Quantock hills

Walking the Quantocks with Wordsworth and Coleridge

ByRory WalshAug 19, 2022
Rory Walsh takes a stroll in the Quantocks in the footsteps of Wordsworth and Coleridge - the true home of English romanticism
Stamford

The cobbled streets of Stamford

ByRory WalshAug 17, 2022
Rory Walsh explores Stamford - England's first conservation area and, legend claims, the site of the UK's first university
Southend Pier: a lengthy icon of the Victorian British seaside

Southend Pier: a lengthy icon of the Victorian British seaside

ByRory WalshAug 16, 2022
Rory Walsh visits the longest of the seaside piers and wonders if these tourist attractions from another era can survive
Dunbar

Discovering Dunbar: following the footsteps of naturalist John Muir

ByRory WalshAug 11, 2022
Rory Walsh retraces the footsteps of renowned naturalist, botanist and explorer, John Muir in his home town of Dunbar
The twin peaks of the Berkshire Downs

The twin peaks of the Berkshire Downs

ByRory WalshAug 5, 2022
Rory Walsh explores the Wittenham Clumps – the twin peaks of the Berkshire Downs
Aerial view of isolated St Thomas à Becket Church in Fairfield, Romney Marsh

The holy waters of Romney Marsh

ByRory WalshJul 28, 2022
Rory Walsh visits an isolated church surrounded by the vast expanse of Romney Marsh that dates back to 13th Century
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