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.


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
Wye crown on the side of the hill in Wye, Kent

King of the hill: the Wye crown

Jun 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

May 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

May 10, 2023
Rory Walsh revisits the Hardy Tree, famed for its backstory and being the strangest sight in any British churchyard
A classic view of Ben Nevis

A classic view of Ben Nevis

Apr 11, 2023
Rory Walsh gets to the bottom of Ben Nevis, Britain’s highest mountain
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