Travel Reads > United Kingdom > England
• The small English town that changed global travel (archive) [BBC Travel]
“Two hundred years ago, Shildon in north-east England changed the way we travel forever – and its legacy shaped rail networks around the globe.”
• You can now walk the entire English coastline. And this photographer has walked every step [Adventure]
“Interest in long-distance, low-impact walking is surging as England opens the world’s longest continuous coastal walk. Photographer Quintin Lake, who’s walked over 6,835 miles (11,000 kilometers) of Britain’s coast, reflects on what it means to experience a country slowly, and on foot.”
• Why this tidal island in Northumberland is so special [Independent]
“Holy Island is a magical place, rich with nature and history – and best enjoyed when the tide comes in, writes Helen Wilson-Beevers.”
• ‘It’s like striding across the top of the world’: the Pennines’ new Roof of England walk [The Guardian]
• From Steel City to Cottonopolis: a new walking trail through a post-industrial Peak District [The Guardian]
