Chanctonbury Ring is an Iron Age hillfort, constructed c6-400BC, though actually in use since Neolithic times. It was probably not a fort, nor ever occupied, but more likely a religious site or, possibly, animal enclosure. Two Romano-British temples have been found on the hill (they are not visible). In 1760, Charles Goring of nearby Wiston
Erratics are rocks that have been transported by glacier, and left when the ice has melted some distance from the place they started. The Norber Erratics is a group of about 100 sandstone rocks perched on younger limestone on the southern slopes of Ingleborough in the Yorkshire Dales. They can only be reached by foot
Scafell Pike is Britain’s third highest mountain and England’s highest at 3209 feet (978 metres). Its neighbour, plain Scafell, is England’s second highest (3163 feet or 964 metres). Scafell Pike is in fact one of the three peaks, including Ill Crag and Broad Crag, that border Scafell and, not surprisingly, the two are often confused
The Craven and Murgatroyd Limeworks, better known locally as the Hoffman Lime Kiln, is just north of Langcliffe between the Settle-Carlisle railway and Stainforth Scar. It is a disused Victorian industrial complex that includes the remains of two separate but adjacent limeworks – the Murgatroyd and the Craven Lime Company works. The remains of the
Hutton-le-Hole is a picturesque, unusual and historic small village on the southern fringe of the North York Moors National Park. It is all very neat: the Hutton Beck bubbles and winds through the middle of the village and between attractive stone cottages, criss-crossed by footpaths and wooden bridges, and sheep roam at will everywhere. Now
Aira Force is a relatively modest, but spectacular, waterfall with a 65 foot drop set amongst what was once fairly cultivated parkland. The waterfall starts where the Aira Beck tumbles off the high fells vertically in a noisy gush of white foam, on its way down to Ullswater. ‘Aira’ allegedly comes from the Old Norse
Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) is a mountain in the Snowdonia National Park (Eyri) in North Wales. It has a height of 3,560 feet (1,085 metres), is the highest mountain in Wales and the second highest in Britain after Ben Nevis in Scotland. It is a designated nature reserve, but also one of the most popular mountains
The North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) is a heritage railway that runs across the North Yorks Moors through great countryside between the coast at Whitby and Pickering, taking in the stations of Grosmont, Goathland, Newtondale and Levisham. Total journey time each way is between 1hr 40minutes and 2hrs. Many of the stations have been refurbished
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Foel Drygarn (aka Foel Trigarn) is a famous multivallate Iron Age hillfort and landmark in the east of the Preseli Hills. Experts have identified 3 main enclosures as well as at least 227, possibly 270, sites of Iron Age dwellings. Ditches can be clearly made out by a layman. Though Foel Drygarn is thought to
Pembrokeshire’s Witches’ Cauldron (or Witch’s Cauldron?) is one of many sea caves in Wales and a noted attraction in Pembrokeshire. It is impossible to miss and can be found right on the Wales Coastal Path about a mile south from Ceibwr Bay. Pwll y Wrach (Witches’ Cauldron) is a collapsed sea cave. Only accessible via
The far North and North East of England is packed with evidence of the Roman occupation, but pride of place must go to Hadrian’s Wall, which stretched 73 miles (118 km) from the Solway Firth in the west to Wallsend in the east. The Emperor Hadrian ordered its construction in 122 AD to defend the
The Lake District is one of the jewels in the crown of northwest England. It is England’s only mountainous area, a discrete massif shaped by glaciers in the last ice age to create a radial pattern of valleys and lakes, which has subsequently been further moulded by human activity since prehistoric times. It is beautiful,
