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21/10/2025

We’re busy lining up the next guests for our Witterings series - quick-fire Q&As with some of our favourite explorers.

While we wait, we've been having a flick back through the archives.

Ever wondered what the ingredients of truly great adventure are? We asked , , and Christopher Somerville for their recipes.

What would you add to the list?

17/10/2025

It's only a short journey across Leicestershire from Willey to Bu****le Lane...

Of course, Willey actually derives from Old English for willow-tree wood or clearing and Butt is an old word for archery target. More wholesome origins than their present day cheekiness suggests.

15/10/2025

The next stop on our journey around Britain’s best bits is truly unique: our only fully coastal national park.

Have you been to glorious Pembrokeshire? Do you love this sublime bit of coastline as much as we do?

13/10/2025

🦇 October is Bat Appreciation Month. Completely fascinating but often misunderstood, we think these tiny flying mammals definitely deserve some love.

Here's a brilliantly batty fact for you: bats are more closely related to humans than mice.

While we sleep, they’re out pollinating plants, spreading seeds and controlling pests. We'd be in a total flap without them!

Check out organised bat walks near you or visit the UK’s largest winter roost at Greywell Tunnel SSSI on Basingstoke Canal.

10/10/2025

But head to the very northern end of the Lake District and that’s what you’ll find. Alongside Little Cockup, there’s also Great Cockup and just plain old normal Cockup. Three hills... and no mistake.

08/10/2025

Next in our series of Britain’s best bits is one of the nation’s favourite (and most amazing) national parks.

Are you a fan of the Peak District? What do you love about it?

If you’ve not been but want to go, where will you head first?

30/09/2025

Autumn is here and it’s time for one of the season’s biggest thrillers...

𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.

Testosterone-fuelled stags bellow, stamp and lock antlers in this fierce winner-takes-all contest for the the attention of hinds (female deer). It’s happening all over the country from now until early November, and is a pretty special thing to watch.

Some great places to catch the deer rutting their stuff include:

New Forest
Isle of Mull
Bannau Brycheiniog/Brecon Beacons

Just make sure you take your binoculars and watch from a safe distance!

26/09/2025

Back in 2018 the residents of Bell End in Rowley Regis, West Mids petitioned to have their street name changed to something less “rude”.

Fellow fans of funny place names can rejoice though. The counter-petition to “Leave the Historic Name of Bell End Alone!” won, with thousands more signatures.

And just so we’re clear, this isn’t to be confused with the village of Bell End in Worcestershire or the street of Bell End in Wollaston, Northamptonshire. As far as we know, neither of those has been threatened yet…

24/09/2025

Hello again! It’s been a while, but one thing hasn’t changed. We’re still absolutely convinced that Britain is a brilliant place to explore.

The tricky part can be deciding where to head next. To make things easier (or perhaps harder?!), each week we’ll be sharing one of our favourite spots from the thousands of miles of field research that have gone into making our maps. Britain’s best bits, in our humble (if slightly over-enthusiastic) opinion.

This week’s pick is the Isles of Scilly, a place we absolutely LOVE. Here are just a few reasons why…

08/12/2024

Are you lost with what to give this Christmas? We can help you find your way with a Marvellous Map!

03/12/2024

We recently launched our shiny new blog series, Witterings. These quick-fire articles aim to amuse, entertain and inspire your next adventures by featuring some of our favourite people who’ve travelled far and wide around Britain.

Next – the inimitable Alastair Humphreys, an adventurer and author who’s cycled round the world and rowed an ocean, but who’s also a huge fan of local adventures, as several of his brilliant books prove: https://marvellousmaps.com/witterings-alastair-humphreys

A huge thanks to Alastair, and our other guest bloggers…more to come over the next few weeks!

28/11/2024

Where is the best Bottom in Britain? 🤔🍑

Slap Bottom (Hampshire), Scratchy Bottom (Dorset) and Rotten Bottom (Dumfriesshire) are among our favourites, but where are yours?

Britain’s full of rude, funny and delightfully odd place names – chortle over our comprehensive record of ridiculous geography with our Marvellous Map of Great British Place Names.

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