2008 - A Walking Trek Across Northern England Archive

British Environmental Policy and Planning Study Abroad Program

February 29 – March 10, 2008

This study abroad program offered an opportunity to compare planning and development, historic preservation, and environmental conservation in the United States and Britain. Four intensive class sessions on British history, the policy/regulatory framework, cultural influences on planning, and map reading preceded a 10-day trip to the Lakes District in northern England. A group of 24 undergraduate and graduate students from both Blacksburg and Alexandria then hiked 70 miles through glacial moraine along the Cumbria Way, where they were able to view, first-hand, the results of Britain’s rural conservation programs and public access laws. The trip ended in urban – and densely developed – Manchester, as a contrast to the remote areas on the trek.

Ambleside
Central square of an English town
The Lake District
The UAP trekkers