A journey along a straight line of longitude the entire length of England.

Stretching nearly 400 miles, the line at  -1°50 West unites together ancient sites of communal gathering. It passes on through urban sprawl, remote moorlands and forgotten industrial cities which in turn blend into bucolic landscapes. Eventually it crosses the sea along a centuries old pilgrimage route to a tidal island.

As the landscape shifts and evolves, it forges identity and shapes communities, their rituals blending with references to an ancient and often imagined past. Both a literal and symbolic spine, this vertical axis physically dissects the country in half whilst drawing its communities together in common identity.

-1° 50 West