Muirburn is the controlled burning of moorland vegetation between September and March to encourage new growth, either heather ...

Port Ellen, a historic distillery on Islay, is renowned for its return after years of closure, while The Flow Country, the ...

A former 'ghost distillery' and a vast area of bog peatland in Scotland have been named in TIME's list of the World’s Greatest Places of 2025.

Scotland has two locations that make this year's list in Port Ellen distillery on Islay and The Flow Country, the world's most expansive blanket peat bog that spans much of Caithness and Sutherland.

Flow Country recently earned UNESCO World Heritage status—joining the ranks of the Grand Canyon and the Great Barrier Reef—as Europe’s largest blanket bog, so named for its consistent ...

In association with Research Ireland Peatland covers a significant amount of Ireland’s land surface area, around 23%, ...

Hundreds of travellers are expected to visit the north of England in honour of The Pennine Way’s 60th anniversary – Sarah ...

But in the far north of Scotland known as The Flow Country, fans celebrate the bog as a tapestry of 9,000 years of ...

Firefighters have been tackling wildfires across Wales over the last few days - including in Conwy where more than 20 firefighters, including a specialist wildfire unit, were still tackling a blaze at ...

The area contains 34 per cent of Lancashire's blanket bog, 185 priority species of local concern for conservation, covers a substantial part of the West Pennine Moors Site of Special Scientific ...

Pollen analytical investigations at Borth Bog and upon the upland blanket peats of Cardiganshire have elucidated the role of man as a factor influencing the development and destruction of the ...