Landforms
A Valley in Cross-Section: Reading Its Slopes and Floor
A valley cross-section helps you describe slopes, benches and the floor clearly, while keeping the shape separate from…
The reading shelf
Reading shelf
Explore explanations and field-minded observations about the landforms, rocks, soils, waters and woodlands of northern places.
Rocks
Granite and Sandstone: Two Stones, Different Clues
Granite and sandstone reveal different grain, texture and weathering clues; learn how to describe a stone carefully…
Soils
From Field to Map: How Soil Names Took Shape
Soil classification turns varied ground into shared names, helping readers compare maps while recognising what a…
Waters
The River Is Not a Line Drawn in Place
Learn how to read a river’s changing channel and wet margins, avoid common mapping and walking errors, and make sense…
Woodlands
A Winter Walk for Reading Bare Branches
A winter walk for reading bare branches helps you notice tree form, spacing and woodland structure without relying on…
Our view
A landscape is more than a view
The shape of the ground, the nature of its materials and the movement of water all leave clues. We take time to notice how they fit together.