Nicholas Crane (born 6 May 1954) is an English geographer,[1]explorer, writer and broadcaster. Since 2004 he has written and presented four television series for BBC Two: Coast, Great British Journeys, Map Man and Town.
Crane was born in Hastings, East Sussex, but grew up in Norfolk. He attended Wymondham College[2] from 1967 until 1972, then Cambridgeshire College of Arts & Technology (CCAT), a forerunner to Anglia Ruskin University, where he studied Geography.[3]
In his youth he went camping and hiking with his father and explored Norfolk by bicycle, which gave him his enthusiasm for exploration.[3]
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In 1986, whilst travelling with his cousin Richard, he located the pole of inaccessibility for the Eurasia landmass; their journey became the subject of the book Journey to the Centre of the Earth. In 1992–93 he embarked on an 18-month solo journey, walking 10,000 kilometres from Cape Finisterre to Istanbul. He recounted the trip in his book Clear Waters Rising: A Mountain Walk Across Europe which won the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award in 1997, and made a television self-documentary of the journey: High Trails to Istanbul (1994).
His 2000 book Two Degrees West described his walk across Great Britain from north to south, in which he followed the eponymous meridian as closely as possible. In 2003 he published a biography of Gerard Mercator, the great Flemish cartographer.
In 2007 he completed a series called Great British Journeys. In eight parts the series consisted of eight people who explored Great Britain and made a contribution to society born of the exploration. Each episode lasts one hour and the series was accompanied by a book.[5]
He presented a series about British towns broadcast in August 2011 and May–June 2013.
He has served as a visiting professor at Anglia Ruskin University which presented the former student in 2012 with the award of Honorary Doctor of Science.
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Interview with Nicholas Crane on Keeper of the Snails
January 01, 1970
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Hastings East Sussex but grew up in Norfolk He attended Wymondham College 2 from 1967 until 1972 then Cambridgeshire College of Arts amp Technology CCAT a forerunner to Anglia Ruskin University where he studied Geography 3 In his youth he went camping and hiking with his father and explored Norfolk by bicycle which gave him his enthusiasm for exploration 3 Career editIn 1986 whilst travelling with his cousin Richard he located the pole of inaccessibility for the Eurasia landmass their journey became the subject of the book Journey to the Centre of the Earth In 1992 93 he embarked on an 18 month solo journey walking 10 000 kilometres from Cape Finisterre to Istanbul He recounted the trip in his book Clear Waters Rising A Mountain Walk Across Europe which won the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award in 1997 and made a television self documentary of the journey High Trails to Istanbul 1994 His 2000 book Two Degrees West described his walk across Great Britain from north to south in which he followed the eponymous meridian as closely as possible In 2003 he published a biography of Gerard Mercator the great Flemish cartographer Together with Richard Crane he was awarded the 1992 Mungo Park Medal 4 by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society for his journeys in Tibet China Afghanistan and Africa In 2007 he completed a series called Great British Journeys In eight parts the series consisted of eight people who explored Great Britain and made a contribution to society born of the exploration Each episode lasts one hour and the series was accompanied by a book 5 In November 2007 he debated the future of the English countryside with Richard Girling Sue Clifford Richard Mabey and Bill Bryson as part of CPRE s annual Volunteers Conference 6 He presented a series about British towns broadcast in August 2011 and May June 2013 He has served as a visiting professor at Anglia Ruskin University which presented the former student in 2012 with the award of Honorary Doctor of Science He was President of the Royal Geographical Society from 2015 to 2018 a post now occupied by Nigel Clifford 7 In 2016 he published The Making Of The British Landscape From the Ice Age to the Present a 12 000 year historical geography of Britain 8 Personal life editCrane lives in Primrose Hill in northwest London with his wife they have three children 9 Books editThe CTC Route Guide to Cycling in Britain and Ireland with Christa Gausden 1980 Cycling Guide Tantivy Press annually 1980 86 Cycling in Europe 1984 Bicycles Up Kilimanjaro with Richard Crane 1985 Journey to the Centre of the Earth with Richard Crane 1987 Richard s Mountain Bike Book with Charles Kelly edited by Richard Ballantine 1988 Nick Crane s Action Sports 1989 Atlas Biker Cycling in Morocco O U P 1990 Clear Waters Rising A Mountain Walk Across Europe 1996 10 Two Degrees West An English Journey 2000 Mercator The Man Who Mapped the Planet 2003 Great British Journeys 2007 Coast A Journey around our Shores 2010 The Making Of The British Landscape From the Ice Age to the Present 2016 8 Television editNow Get Out of That as a contestant representing Oxford 1982 High Trails to Istanbul 1994 Map Man 8x30m 2004 and 8x30m 2005 Coast as main presenter 13x60m 2005 as regular contributor 2006 present Great British Journeys 8x60m 2007 Beeching s Tracks featured presenter of Episode 1 East Broadcast 13 November 2008 on BBC Four 11 Nicholas Crane s Britannia The Great Elizabethan Journey 3x60m 2009 In Search of England s Green and Pleasant Land East 30m 2009 Broadcast 5 June 2009 on BBC Four Munro Mountain Man 60m 2009 Broadcast 20 September on BBC Four TOWN with Nicholas Crane 4x60m 2011 and 4x60m 2013 References edit Discover your Coast Experts The Team BBC Retrieved 27 July 2011 Prominent ex pupils www wcremembered co uk Retrieved 17 February 2010 a b Nicholas Crane re discovers Anglia Ruskin University Anglia Ruskin University Archived from the original on 22 December 2012 Retrieved 2 September 2009 RSGS Awards Archived 12 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine Crane Nicolas 2008 Great British Journeys Weidenfeld amp Nicolson ISBN 978 0753824306 CPRE Sussex Review Spring 2008 archived copy Patron Presidents and Director Royal Geographical Society Retrieved 5 April 2020 a b Crane Nicholas October 2016 The Making Of The British Landscape From the Ice Age to the Present Weidenfeld amp Nicolson ISBN 978 0297856665 Primrose Hill People Nick Crane May 2017 Clear Waters Rising A Mountain Walk Across Europe Penguin Books Archived from the original on 27 September 2007 Retrieved 5 April 2020 East Beeching s Tracks BBC Four BBC Retrieved 31 July 2018 External links editNicholas Crane at IMDb Interview with Wanderlust magazine BBC s Coast Interview with Nicholas Crane on Keeper of the Snails Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nicholas Crane amp oldid 1210884432, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
