It is fairly easy to identify limestone features on an OS map. The names of features are shown on the map, eg Raven Scar or White Scar Caves. You can also see intermittent drainage patterns as the ...

Limestone Pavements are bare limestone rock surfaces composed of slabs of rock (clints), separated by variable-width vertical cracks (grikes) . These grikes have developed by weathering and enhanced ...

In W.H. Auden's famous poem, In Praise of Limestone, he wrote about a landscape that he was always homesick for - the remote Pennine Dales. It's a place he returned to in his imagination again and ...

A PROJECT aimed at rejuvenating some of the North-East's most spectacular areas of countryside has been given the go-ahead after getting a cash boost from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Durham County ...

Immerse yourself in a landscape of ancient tracks on a quiet trail created by locals to show off a gentler side of the region If you don’t already know it, the Peak District can be a dauntingly large ...