Your browser is out of date, and unsupported by this website. Please upgrade to the latest version to use this website.
The South Downs © Allen Watkin, Flickr (CCL)
Home to fascinating natural and human landscapes, the gently rolling south east invites you to take your time.
Discover how once-genteel seaside resorts like Margate are reinventing themselves or learn how the Kent coast has been at the frontline of defence over the centuries.
Find out how chalk has shaped landscapes from iconic White Cliffs to mysterious horses and unique rivers.
Also explore the working town beyond Oxford’s gown and an 'earthly paradise'.
A walking trail through woodland near Maidstone
What is the meaning behind this group of stones in the foothills of the North Downs?
How can a working farm balance producing food with protecting wildlife?
Why should we raise a toast to this small orchard in Kent?
How has the woodland's role in our lives changed over time?
Explore Cuckmere Haven's peaceful beauty and crucial wartime role
How did this ugly concrete lump on Kent’s coast help defend the capital?
Why do many of our rare native species only survive in nature reserves?
What can these routeways tell us about our ancient past?
How has the green belt protected the countryside and what is its future?
What is the future for the ash tree in Britain and why does it matter?
How was Romney Marsh a gift from the sea?
Find out how the Kent village of Chevening has been shaped by power and prestige
How has hidden Chevening House shaped the local and global landscape?
Enjoy stunning views walking along the ridge of the Kent Downs
Did the devil really create this spectacular valley in the Kent Downs?
Why was Winchester once the capital of England?
Explore the story behind Milton Keynes, Britain's largest New Town
Walk along the course of Folkestone's lost river
Explore the unique river at the heart of Winchester
Discover the changing fate of Folkestone Warren
Discover Dover at the gateway between Britain and Europe
Discover a greener and more exotic side to Oxford
A walk along the Hoo Peninsula on the North Kent Marshes
What is the modern history of the ancient coast near Ramsgate?
Explore the stories behind the scenery of Box Hill
A seat of learning with a world-famous skyline
A favourite haunt of Tennyson and a haven for smugglers
Why have people ‘walked the chalk’ at Ivinghoe Beacon since the Iron Age?
Why does Britain’s tallest man live on a Sussex hill?
Why is a lake near Arundel one of author Tristan Gooley's favourite viewpoints?
Visible as a horse only from the air, just who was this chalk figure intended to impress?
England’s answer to Versailles
One estimate suggests that within 10 years more than 1.5 million people will work in Britain and live in another country
We produce about 1 million tonnes of waste each day, enough to fill the Royal Albert Hall once every hour
An important harbour for the Romans, Saxons and the 14th century wool trade, Pagham’s fate was sealed by nature
“A walk on the sea without the disadvantage of being sick” - John Betjeman
A consumer paradise or an environmental disaster?
Half a million years ago some of our early human ancestors were living on the edge of the South Downs
Visions of the future or blots on the landscape?
‘Pure vandalism’ or the reality of modern life?
From poor man’s food to rich man’s luxury
Linseed was used to make cloth in Northern Europe as long ago as the Stone Age
Fishermen today have to work many times harder than 100 years ago to catch the same number of fish
Official public access to the whole of England's coast was only granted by law in 2009
Why is Sussex lined with so many north-south facing sunken lanes?
Why has this heavenly Hampshire heathland been overlooked?
Why can we find a ‘ghost’ in Canterbury's Elham Valley?
Why is a huge white crown carved into a Kent hillside at Wye?
Step back in time and discover the High Weald
Why is there a church without a village on Kent's Romney Marsh?
Why does this leafy, tranquil street in Marlow end abruptly in the River Thames?
How did a village in Oxfordshire nearly fall off the map?
From the Ice Age to the ice cream van, discover the hidden stories of Devil’s Dyke
Where has all the water gone from Devil's Dyke?
Discover how Faversham Creek helped to build Britain
Explore a changing coastline between Walmer and Deal
Discover the mysterious landscape of the Uffington White Horse
Discover why Sandwich is England's best-preserved medieval town
Explore the changing fortunes of Rye and Winchelsea
Explore Oxford’s fascinating network of waterways
Discover how Oxford’s ‘habitual drunkards’ were reformed into model citizens
Unlock the city’s forgotten industrial past
Discover the rebirth of historic Portsmouth
Livelihood, leisure and literature along the Thames at Marlow
Discover the reinvention of the Great British Seaside
Discover an ‘earthly paradise’ in Kent’s Darent Valley
A journey of discovery up and down the Chiltern Hills
Discover the wild beauty of Britain’s only desert
How did a sea level rise turn the tide of Portsmouth’s fortunes?
Explore the stories behind the unique Wittenham Clumps in Oxfordshire
Why was an artist enchanted by these Oxfordshire hills?