Some of our most beautiful rivers are ‘chalk streams’. Their pure, clear, constant water from underground chalk aquifers and springs, flowing across flinty gravel beds, make them perfect sources of ...

It's time to head east, to the chalk hills of southern England ... This video is part of UK rivers case studies, a series of clips taken from Paul Whitehouse: Our Troubled Rivers – available ...

Burnside lakes are former chalk pits which closed in the 1950s. It is not open to the public for swimming. Yesterday was the UK’s hottest day of the year, with temperatures reaching 34.8°C.

The sculpture not only takes influence from The Optic in terms of its design, but also the Cherry Hinton Chalk Pits. Mr Rackowe said: "The other big influences came from the old chalk pits that ...