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Food and Recipes

Guide to the British harvest season: history and traditions

Dode church

A Neolithic-style long barrow opens for memorials in the remote Kent countryside

River Thames running through Eton and Windsor

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Discover the royal River Thames

Billy Connolly and Judi Dench on horseback

Best royal films set in the British countryside

Boundary Dragon on Victoria Embankment, London

Historical figures

St George’s Day: when it is and history behind the legend

Stonehenge at sunset, Wiltshire, England.

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Six mythical locations in ancient Britain that you can visit today

A Saxon burial mound at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, with a summer sky overhead

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Walk: Sutton Hoo, Suffolk

Sutton Hoo Treasure Displayed At The British Museum, Getty

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UK treasure guide: famous historic finds and how to hunt for precious artefacts

Robert Macfarlane in the Countryfile Magazine podcast

A walk and talk with the brilliant nature writer Robert Macfarlane

Caucasian Male Walker (29 Years Old) on the Malvern Hills on a frosty winter morning. Herefordshire & Worcestershire. England. UK. (Caucasian Male Walker (29 Years Old) on the Malvern Hills on a frosty winter morning. Herefordshire & Worcestershire. E

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How Great Malvern shaped Narnia, Middle Earth and Nimrod

Amy Jeffs, Storyland by Oliver Edwards

Hear the ancient stories of Britain with historian Amy Jeffs on the Avalon Marshes

A collection of clay handles arranged in a circle on a wooden table

Looking for historical artefacts on the River Thames with the London mudlarker

secrets of a country graveyard

Uncovering the secrets of a graveyard in Gloucestershire

Little girls dressed as witches at Halloween

October half term holiday ideas 2021

Bridge over river in autumn

Historic places

Guide to rural bridges in Britain: traditional designs and best bridges to visit