Built Britain: What is a castle? What is their role in British history?
Bodiam Castle in Kent
Editor's Note: This is part of a new ongoing series about the built/architectural landscape in Britain. First, we'll be discussing castles.
Castles are synonymous with English history, and they have playe
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Book Excerpt: End to End – A History of Travels Around Britain
First, thank you to everyone who has bought a copy of my new book End to End: Britain From Land's E
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Securing the Battlements: The Loss and Preservation of Historic Castles
Old Wardour Castle
Once upon a time, many a castle stretched towards the heavens across the United Kingdom. Whether constructed for defense or to show off the wealth of the local lord, they were magnificent structures that represented the power of t
In Pictures: Gannets gather at Yorkshire cliffs for rituals of love and nestbuilding
Love is in the air as gannets gather for what they hope will be a summer of love.
Bempton Cliffs in Yorkshire is a hotbed for seabirds to indulge in courtship rituals, nestbuilding and, hopefully, producing offspring.
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Historic England seeks Missing Pieces about important places around the country
Historic England is appealing for hidden histories to be shared and for overlooked places to be celebrated as part of its Missing Pieces Project.
The heritage body is calling for people to upload to its website photo
Butterflies named after Lord Of The Rings villain Sauron
A new group of butterflies has been named after Lord Of The Rings villain Sauron.
The black rings on the vivid orange wings of the flying insects are reminiscent of the all-seeing eye described in JRR Tolkien’s books, and depicted in the movie seri
Wisteria more than 100 years old in bloom at University of Cambridge
A wisteria plant more than 100 years old is in bloom at the University of Cambridge, although the lightly scented flowers have appeared later than usual.
The hardy shrub at Jesus College is flowering later this year due to the colder start to 2023.
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Conservationists set to begin creating England’s largest native woodland
Conservationists are hoping to create England’s biggest native woodland by planting 100,000 trees in the Yorkshire Dales.
Snaizeholme, near the town of Hawes, was covered in woodland centuries ago but the 561-hectare valley is now almost barren.
Across the Yorkshi
A wistful sigh! I will always look back on this trip happily. This is #Culloden Moor - site of the final battle of the Jacobite uprising in 1746. I had the good fortune to be there on a beautiful day despite it being winter.
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World’s first rewilding center opens near Loch Ness
The world’s first rewilding center has been opened near one of Scotland’s most famous lochs – with the charity behind the project hoping it can show how nature recovery can inspire people as well as benefit rural communities and create jobs.
The Dundreggan Rewilding Centre in Glenmoriston, near Loch Ness
https://anglotopia.net/countries/scotland/worlds-first-rewilding-center-opens-near-loch-ness/
National Trust rangers move into lifeboat house to monitor little tern colony
Three National Trust rangers have moved into a lifeboat house on a remote shingle spit to monitor a colony of one of the UK’s rarest seabirds through the breeding season.
Rangers will live on site at Blakeney Point on the
Meadows to be established at historic English sites to mark King’s coronation
One hundred wildflower meadows are to be created or enhanced at historic sites across England including Stonehenge and Westminster’s Jewel Tower in celebration of the King’s coronation.
English Heritage said the project would le
Heritage sites to be preserved with millions in National Lottery funding
Popular heritage sites across the UK have been granted a total of more than £24 million in National Lottery funding to help preserve them for the future.
Projects stretching from Penzance to John O’Groats and across Wales and Nort
Best places to live in the UK revealed
Wadhurst in East Sussex has beaten 71 other locations to be named the UK’s best place to live.
Judges for the Sunday Times said the small market town offers “pretty much everything needed for modern life in miniature”.
It was praised for its good schools, convenient transport links, variety of hi
https://anglotopia.net/british-identity/living-in-the-uk/best-places-to-live-in-the-uk-revealed/
National Trust promises ‘incredible’ show of blossom despite cold snap and snow
Cold snaps, wind, and snow have delayed spring blossom across most of the the UK but there should be “truly incredible show” next month, the National Trust has said.
March’s cold temperatures and the driest February in 3
Recruits wanted for ‘opportunity like no other’ counting penguins in Antarctica
Recruitment has begun for a team to take on an “opportunity like no other” living and working in Antarctica, where they will have no access to wifi or running water and tackle jobs including a daily penguin count.
The UK Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT
Travel Weather: Wind, snow and ice warnings as cold weather hits UK againTravel Weather:
Britons are set for another cold blast as snow, ice and strong winds are set to hit parts of the nation.
The Met Office issued a yellow warning for strong winds across central and southern parts of England on Monday as gusts of
In Pictures: UK shivers as cold snap sweeps in
People in the north of England and Scotland have woken up to snow as a cold snap swept in.
Tuesday could be the coldest night of the year so far, with temperatures set to plunge to minus 15C in some isolated Scottish glens.
Snowy conditions near Lockton, off the A169 in
Nine rare cream-colored phone boxes receive listed status
Nine rare cream-colored phone boxes have been granted listed status to mark their importance as “the last in the line of the classic telephone boxes.”
The K8 kiosks, all in and around Hull, have been listed at Grade II by the Department for Culture, Media, and S
https://anglotopia.net/british-heritage/nine-rare-cream-coloured-phone-boxes-receive-listed-status/
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