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The north-west Highlands
Discover the unique scenery and long geological history of the north-west corner of Scotland.
![The ash from the volcanoes in the area would have settled under water to create layered deposits. This outcrop is on the same hill as Old John Tower. BGS © UKRI.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/outcrop-p1038304-1-960x645.webp)
Bradgate Park, Leicestershire
Bradgate Park is a large, public park located between Leicester and Loughborough in the Charnwood Forest area. The park is renowned for its Precambrian volcanic rocks and its remarkable fossils. It was once believed that there were no fossils older than the Cambrian Period (541 to 485 million years ago), but the discovery of the fossil Charnia in these Precambrian rocks made the area famous for changing our understanding of early life on Earth.
![A curved, steep side of a hill showing interbedded, horizontal rocks. The top of the hill and another hill behind it are flat.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/pen-y-fan-thumb.jpg)
Pen y Fan, South Wales
Walking in the Brecon Beacons National Park in South Wales.
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Kents Cavern, Torquay, Devon
Archaeology and geology collide in this fascinating cave below the classic English seaside resort of Torquay.
![View of Constitution Hill from the pier on Aberystwyth promenade. Note the breakwaters and groynes that intersect the beach and reduce longshore drift, and the cliff railway, which is the longest in Britain. © Melanie Leng.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Aber-Constitution-Hill-2023-960x640.jpg)
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
Explore the geology around this classic Victorian resort, which boasts the oldest pier in Wales.
![A castle sits on top of a high outcrop of rock. There and sand dunes and a beach in front of it.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/bamburgh-960x720.jpg)
The Farne Islands and Holy Island, Northumberland
Explore these ancient and mysterious islands of northern England and discover more about their natural and human history.
![A low cliff with reddish and white layers of rock beside foaming river water. A person wearing a green coat is examining the rocks. There are trees and grass on the slope above the cliff.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Radcliffe1-960x640.jpg)
Radcliffe on Trent river bank
The River Trent is a highly active river that has carved and shaped the regional landscape of Nottinghamshire for thousands of years. In numerous places, it gently cuts its banks and provides fresh outcrops of rock, which can be seen in the village of Radcliffe on Trent.
![The Precambrian rocky crags at the summit of Beacon Hill](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Beacon-Hill-summit-crags-web-1.jpg)
Beacon Hill, Leicestershire
The rocks that crop out on Beacon Hill are some of the oldest rocks in England and Wales. They formed when fine volcanic ash settled in an ocean, some 600 million years ago in the Precambrian period.