St Ives - Cornwall 07 Jun 2005
See A Bigger Picture Of Britain With VisitBritain, BBC And Tate Britain

VisitBritain

To celebrate the release of A Picture of Britain, VisitBritain has produced a dedicated colour map detailing key locations featured in the six-part BBC One TV series presented by David Dimbleby and the complementary exhibition at Tate Britain. The map is designed to enable users to journey through Britain and explore the connections between landscape, art and identity and encourage them to go out and enjoy our glorious countryside for themselves. From the intimate hamlets of Sussex and Gloucestershire to the breathtaking mountains of the Highlands and North Wales, generations of artists have been captivated by Britain�s countryside and in turn their images have influenced our impressions and love of the British landscape. Search the map to see the spectacular Gordale Scar in Yorkshire, the Area Of Outstanding Natural Beauty at Walberswick in Suffolk and the gorgeous golden beaches of St Ives in Cornwall. They are just some of the many places of unrivalled beauty in Britain, which continue to attract artists and visitors today. Drawing on major works from public and private collections as well as from Tate�s unrivalled collection of British landscape painting, the exhibition includes work by JMW Turner, Thomas Gainsborough, John Constable and Edwin Landseer and more recently Paul Nash and Richard Long. The hard-copy map has an outline of Britain and the key locations featured on one side, with the other side illustrated with original and modern-day images of the famous works of art. The website (www.visitengland.com/maps and www.pictureofbritain.co.uk) boasts a fully interactive map, with clickable regions, leading the viewer to see detailed information on how they can visit and enjoy that landscape in real life or register to receive a hard copy. Alternatively they may call 0845 408 4198. The Picture of Britain map is the latest marketing initiative from Enjoy England which complements the current product campaigns of Just Relax (www.visitengland.com/relax), Waterside England (www.visitengland.com/waterside), Taste England (www.visitengland.com/taste) and Outdoor England (www.visitengland.com/outdoor) The BBC series runs from June 5-July 10 and the Tate Britain exhibition from June 15-September 4 For further information on enjoying England please view www.visitengland.com To register for the monthly media newsletter, AngloFILE, please go to www.visitengland.com/presscentre For further press information please contact:

Rae White, Publicity Manager VisitBritain 020 8563 3378 rae.white@visitbritain.org or Tess Sullivan, Publicity Executive 020 8563 3351 tess.sullivan@visitbritain.org