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Danger Areas
...ranges, artillery ranges, bombing practice, infantry survival training, tank driving, beach landings and more. Some areas also include elements of forestry and farming, and for them you should also be aware of the Countryside Code. Are all Danger Areas completely off...
Day walks in Northumberland
...explore, Dave has published his new guidebook ‘Day Walks in Northumberland’. In it, he takes the eager walker up hills, through forests, along coasts and to a selection of Northumberland’s many castles. There’s 20 routes in three sections; Northumberland Coast, Northumberland National...
Public Rights of Way
...Landranger mapping this is shown with a purple banding which includes symbols to differentiate between land owned by the National Trust, forestry England, forestry and Land Scotland and Natural Resources Wales. While paths and trails exist, you’re free to roam beyond...
10 best spring walks
...circular walk This is a walk of great variety, especially in spring. On this route you’ll roam over secluded dales, farmland and forest bordering the site of Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Park, a National Trust location and World Heritage site. Here...
10 best city walks
...these parts as a child as he grew up on the nearby Wake Green Road and inspired his vision of Fangorn forest. Whilst the place is nowhere near as eerie as the forest traipsed by the Fellowship of the Ring, it...
10 best sunset views
...blanket and some snacks and check out these outstanding sunset views across Great Britain below. 1: A peaceful sunset at Fan Frynych Wales Start/finish point: forest Lodge, Libanus, LD38NW Distance: 5 miles circular walk (GPX can be downloaded from OS Maps) Time taken: 2 hours Difficulty rating: Moderate Parking: Plenty of parking on quiet...
Brecon Beacons (Bannau Brycheiniog): multi-day hike
...boundary at the hamlet of Bethlehem. The route included climbing Pen y Fan, the highest mountain in South Wales; walking through Fforest Fawr, a UNESCO Geopark and Dark Skies reserve and following the shoreline of the haunting Llyn y Fan Fach, with...
The Gaelic origins of place names in Britain
...Cnàmh NB4027 cnap nm cnaip g cnapan pl hillock, lump, little hill An Cnap NG7526, Cnapan Garbh NN9886 cnoc nm cnuic g cnuic pl round hill, hillock, knoll Cnoc an Tairbh NB5348, Cnoc Drochaid NM6892 còig num five Innean Còig Cailleichean NR5912 coileach nm coilich g coilich pl cock Cnoc nan Coileach NR6999, An Coileach NG0892 coille nf coilltean pl wood, forest, grove Coille NR2468, Sròn Dà Choille NN2435 coin see cù Allt Toll a’ Choin NH1443 coinean nm coinein g coineanan pl rabbiti Loch nan Coinean NC6746, Eilean nan Coinean NR7796 còinneach nf còinnich g moss Còinneach Mhòr NG9460 coirce nm oats Druim a’ Choirce NM4788, Achadh a’ Choirce NC6805 coire nm coireachan pl corrie,...
The Scots origins of place names in Britain
...Flow NS6233 flush n boggy ground where water lies on the surface Flush Hill NX0067, Tranew Flushes NS3407 foggy adj mossy, spongy Foggy Moss NJ4654, Foggyleas NO2414 forest n large area of land not necessarily wooded, originally used for deer hunting forest Lodge NJ0216, Garadhban forest NS4086 forking n division of a...
The Welsh origins of place names in Britain
...Coed-duon ST1797 coedlan nf copse, coppice, woodland glade, grove Coedlannau SN4648 Llannerch Coedlan SO0940 coetan nf quoit Carreg Coetan SN0639 Coetan Arthur SH3981 coetgae nm woodfield, field recovered from forest; palisaded enclosure Coetgae Du SO0316 Panwaun Pen-y-coetgae SN9000 collen nf cyll, coll pl hazel Cwrt y Gollen SO2317 Cyll SN9788 colomen nf dove Colomendy SJ3045...