Rory Walsh

Rory grew up south of London in a house full of books and toy cars. After graduating with an English Literature MA and ten years working in publishing, he began writing about business parks and non-league football. In 2011 Rory joined the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) on the Discovering Britain project. He has enjoyed walking in forty-one counties, talking on local radio about caves, and dancing upon a giant map. Rory lives south of London in a different house full of books and toy cars, from where he writes the monthly Discovering Britain article for Geographical.


London's East End with a train

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

Nov 20, 2024
Rory Walsh journeys through the vast history behind London's East End and explores the city's Tower Hamlets.
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

Aug 30, 2024

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

The Lowry, Salford Quay’s theatre, gallery and arts centre

Discovering Britain: Exploring Salford Quays

May 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

Mar 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

Feb 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

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

Discovering Britain: West Norwood cemetery

Jan 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

Nov 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

Nov 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

Oct 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

Sep 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

Aug 8, 2023
Rory Walsh feels the power of the sea at two spots on the north Cornish coast
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