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Ordnance Survey

Ordnance Survey is Britain's national mapping agency, and its paper maps are the standard equipment of anyone walking in the…
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Mountains of Britain

Britain's mountains are small. The highest, Ben Nevis, is 1,345 metres — lower than the tree line in the Alps…
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The British Countryside

The British countryside is not wilderness. Almost every acre of it has been cleared, drained, walled, grazed or ploughed at…
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The Lake District

The Lake District is 900 square miles of mountain, lake and fell in the north-west corner of England, and it…
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