Walking Wartime England
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On this walk, Arthur is in South Wales, the industrial heartland of wartime Britain. Arthur starts his walk in the Welsh capital Cardiff, whose port was vital to shipping coal, steel and food across Britain. Initially out of range of the Luftwaffe, the fall of France led to heavy bombing. In Jubilee Street, Arthur finds ev...
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On this Walk Arthur is in East Anglia, a region famed for its flat landscape and scenic waterways, but that geography made it a prime location for a Nazi invasion and East Anglians did everything in their power to stop them. Arthur begins his walk in Leiston, on the Suffolk coast. Here he discovers how coastal defenses wer... 44:54 Expired
On this walk Arthur is in Hampshire, a county which became a hotbed of secret operations during the war. In Southampton, Arthur discovers the story of R.J. Mitchell, Supermarine's Spitfire designer who took the RAF from lumbering biplanes to acrobatic wonder planes. But almost as soon as the Spitfire was airborne, the Germ... 44:04 Expired
On this walk Arthur is in London. Hitler believed if he could crush the capital, Britain would capitulate, but he didn't account for London's Blitz spirit. Arthur starts his walk at St Paul's Cathedral, which became the iconic symbol of the Blitz, having miraculously survived intense bombing which left its neighbouring bui... 44:52 Expired
On this walk Arthur is in South Devon, a region which witnessed an unprecedented influx of wartime visitors. Arthur takes a steam train to Paignton following in the footsteps of thousands of London's evacuee children. At a Torquay grammar school he discovers how Devon's educational infrastructure buckled under the weight o... 45:05 Expired
On this walk Arthur is in the Northwest of England. He kicks off in Liverpool, Britain's most important wartime port, which landed vital food and armaments from the Atlantic Convoys. But the port's importance put a target on the city's back and after London, Liverpool became Britain’s most bombed city. In the city centre,...