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Asked by syph536hour88 on 16 Jan 2026.
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Alex Cartwright answered on 16 Jan 2026:
ooh this is a question with many answers. Physical geography – the landscape – interests me most. I love big mountains, lakes, rivers, and the coast. So, places like the Lake District, Scottish highlands, and South Coast.
I studied geography at university, and the local geography of the university drives a lot of what you study. For me, Manchester, so we studied lots around glaciation, along with coastal processes (hopping over to Liverpool).
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Milly Bell answered on 16 Jan 2026:
Hmm I’d struggle to pick between The Lake District and the South West Coast!
I grew up just north of the Lake District, and went to University just south of the Lakes, in Lancaster. This meant I got to go on lots of really cool field trips with school and uni. I remember going on a school trip to Keswick to learn about the flooding they had experienced in the 2000’s and 2010’s, and doing some uni fieldwork in the Langdale Valley, learning how it was formed by huge glaciers during previous ice ages!
The South West Coast is also an incredible place for geography, particularly cliffs, erosion, fossils, and geological features like Durdle Door in Dorset. I live in Bristol now so I’m always trying to find a reason to travel down to the coast, it never gets boring!
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Oli Burns answered on 16 Jan 2026:
To a certain extent everywhere is interesting. That’s part of the beauty of geography – there’s something of interest just about anywhere if you know what to look for! I’m most interested in coasts and rivers, so I’ll tell you a few of my personal favs:
Pagham Harbour in West Sussex: probably the most dynamic and interesting beach in the country at the moment, at least to a geomorphologist like me. A really important site for coastal processes and ecology.
Trimingham in North Norfolk: my favourite cliffs in the world. Huge 70m+ soft clay cliffs with lots of landslides. Plus, there are ponds sat half way up the cliffs that support some rare wildlife.
River Liza in Ennerdale, Cumbria: one of the last remaining relatively pristine upland rivers in England. It feels like a lost world! The Wild Ennerdale project is doing some great work rewilding the area.
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Louise Thurston answered on 16 Jan 2026:
What is so great about geography is that what makes a place interesting for one person will be completely different to another! I adore the Lake District, it is such a beautiful landscape. But for me, my favourite is the Cornish coast. I grew up in Cornwall and many of my family members still live down there. It was trips to the beach every weekend as a child that inspired my love and interest in the environment around me and made me want to work to help save it!
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Alan Jones answered on 16 Jan 2026:
Wales… everything in a small area and much easier to get to….glaciation, ancient geology, ancient Vulcanicity, sea, erosion, landscape modification all with a few miles of each other
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Vanessa Pilley answered on 19 Jan 2026:
An interesting question! If you mean beautiful, I think Scotland! But I also think some of the historic cities are fascinating for more of an anthropological reason – like Bath, York, Stratford – even, of course, London. Though I’ll be honest, London is a bit too chaotic for me 😀
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Connor W commented on :
The UK is full of amazing geographical features. If I had a gun to my head and could only pick one, I would have to go with the Lake District. You have everything from huge mountains composed of igneous rock formed from volcanic activity millions of years ago, and deeply carved valleys created from glacial activity as recent as 10,000 years ago! Not to mention how beautiful it is, just bring a waterproof coat!
All of this for some crazy fell runners to enjoy them!