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How to create a more ‘United’ Kingdom
Mar 07, 2017
Written by
Geographical
Last year’s EU referendum revealed a divided country. Could genuine economic and social reform reunite the UK?
Thirsty Works
Feb 24, 2017
Written by
Laura Cole
In this month’s Discovering Britain viewpoint, Laura Cole visits the partially submerged church at Rutland Water
Tamar Valley
Written by
Olivia Edward
The Tamar Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty has a long mining history, the remains of which now complement its gorges and rivers to form part of a World Heritage site that is rich in wildlife
Hull of a City
Jan 31, 2017
Written by
Laura Cole
For this month’s Discovering Britain Trail, Laura Cole takes a walk around Kingston-upon-Hull, the UK City of Culture for 2017
In Recovery – 12 months on from Storm Desmond
Jan 18, 2017
Written by
Karen Lloyd
Twelve months on from Storm Desmond and one in five households across the severlely-hit Cumbria region are yet to return home. Karen Lloyd recalls the events of the time and looks at the aftermath
High Weald
Written by
Natalie Hoare
High Weald, UK’s fourth-largest AONB, is often described as a quintessential English landscape, stretching across Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Jurassic Park
Jan 03, 2017
Written by
Laura Cole
For this month’s Discovering Britain viewpoint, Laura Cole travels to London’s Green Park station, an unlikely place to find ancient sea creatures
Moor than meets the eye
Dec 13, 2016
Written by
Laura Cole
In this month’s Discovering Britain, Laura Cole visits Rannoch Moor, a plateau of bog in the Scottish Highlands, shaped by its glacial geography as well as the fraught history of the people who used to live there
Water Wall
Nov 23, 2016
Written by
Laura Cole
For this month’s Discovering Britain viewpoint, Laura Cole explores Birmingham’s Gas Street canal basin
The Lincolnshire Wolds
Written by
Olivia Edward
The Lincolnshire Wolds still bear the indelible impressions of numerous medieval villages that have long since returned to the soil. But it's the rolling hills and chalk streams that draw visitors today
Blackdown Hills
Written by
Olivia Edward
Riven with river valleys and dotted with Iron Age hillforts, the Blackdown Hills are being opened up by a new trail system to improve access and preserve the region
Out of the box
Sep 23, 2016
Written by
Laura Cole
For centuries, crowds have descended – or ascended – on Box Hill in Surrey. For this month’s Discovering Britain trail, Laura Cole finds out why
Cannock Chase
Written by
Natalie Hoare
A look at the UK’s smallest mainland AONB, which encompasses the largest surviving area of lowland heath in the Midlands and once acted as a training ground for more than half a million soldiers
Exotic crops for Cornwall
Aug 18, 2016
Written by
Chris Fitch
Climate change is pushing parts of Cornwall further and further into subtropical territory, making it feasible to grow several new crops
The hole story
Aug 16, 2016
Written by
Laura Cole
This month’s Discovering Britain trail takes Laura Cole underground into the secret caves of Nottingham
Strangford Lough
Written by
Olivia Edward
The largest inlet in the British Isles, Strangford Lough is a magnet for wildlife, from brent geese to basking sharks. Now, the fast-flowing narrows are a testing ground for renewable energy technology
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[VIDEO] People, politics and the planet: any questions? Britain in a changing Europe
Jul 29, 2016
Written by
Chris Fitch
Watch the RGS-IBG debate on what could happen to the environment in the wake of a UK exit from the European Union
What is the future for Britain’s agriculture and countryside?
Jul 21, 2016
Written by
Felicity Challinor
With the future of Britain’s agriculture and environment now in the hands of Andrea Leadsom, various groups have aired views on what should happen next
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