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Gareth E. Rees

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Gareth E. Rees is a writer of fiction and non fiction. His books include Sunken Lands (Elliott & Thompson 2024), Terminal Zones (Influx Press 2022), Unofficial Britain (Elliott & Thompson, 2020), Car Park Life (Influx Press 2019), The Stone Tide (Influx Press, 2018). His first book 'Marshland' is being issued in September 2024 by Influx Press in a new expanded edition.

‘What he seeks out is the magical in the mundane, the bizarre happenings in plain sight’
- Deborah Moggach, The Times

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	Unofficial Britain: Journeys Through Unexpected Places 4.09 avg rating — 230 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Dreaming Isle by Dan Coxon (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Andrew Michael Hurley, Ramsey Campbell 3.75 avg rating — 230 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Car Park Life 3.76 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marshland: Dreams and Nightmares on the Edge of London by Gareth E. Rees (Goodreads Author), Ada Jusic (Illustrator) 4.11 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stone Tide: Adventures at the End of the World 3.94 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Terminal Zones 3.89 avg rating — 81 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sunken Lands: A Journey Through Flooded Kingdoms and Lost Worlds 3.39 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Unreliable Guide to London by Kit Caless (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gary Budden (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tim Wells, 3.75 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Out of the Darkness by Dan Coxon (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jenn Ashworth, Alison Moore 4.12 avg rating — 33 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales From the Shadow Booth, Vol. 2 by Dan Coxon (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ (Contributor), Dan Grace (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.89 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A Journey Through The Ancient Commons of the Bristol Ring Road

LOCATION: Bristol, England

WORDS & PICTURES: Andy Thatcher

Eastern Bristol is speckled with commons. Go way, way back and this whole area was part of the Kingswood Forest, a royal Anglo Saxon hunting forest. This means that all the little verges, scrappy bits of wasteland and neat greens that I am about to find around the Bristol Ring Road are relics of hard-won ancient rights and custom

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