What is Hidden History?
Hidden History started as a way for me to get out more. To spend a few hours properly exploring somewhere with a bit of purpose behind it, rather than just passing through.
I’ve always been drawn to places with a story. Old structures, forgotten industries, strange bits of landscape that make you stop and question what you’re looking at. The more curious I am about a place, the more naturally I seem to talk about it, so this became a way of building confidence on camera while leaning into something I genuinely enjoy.
Each location starts with a bit of research before I go, but what I love most is seeing how that compares to what it actually feels like on the day. Walking it, filming it, noticing things I didn’t expect. Hidden History is just that process captured properly. Real exploration, real reactions, and stories told from being there.
Featured Episode
Start with Luxulyan Valley
Luxulyan Valley was one of the first Hidden History locations that really made me realise what this series could become. I went there expecting the Treffry Viaduct to be the standout moment, and it was, but what stayed with me most was everything around it.
The Carmears Tramway, the industrial remains, the scale of the landscape. It felt like walking through a place that once powered so much of Cornwall’s mining story, and it completely changed how I approached this series moving forward.
It’s also been the strongest performing episode across the series so far, reaching thousands of people across platforms, which tells me it’s not just me that found something special there. If you want to understand what Hidden History is about, start here.
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Explore the Series
Hidden History isn’t one story, and it’s not something you’ll find written clearly in front of you. It’s layers of history hidden in plain sight, built into landscapes, scattered across forgotten places, and waiting to be noticed if you know where to look.
Industrial Legacy
Hidden industrial history carved into the landscape, mined, tunnelled, blasted or forced into place by humans. From abandoned mines to forgotten machinery, these places once powered everything. The beating hearts of industry, now reclaimed by nature and quietly slipping from memory.
Ancient Settlements
If you looked hard enough, you’d find ancient villages and settlements hidden in plain sight all around us. Step into spaces where people once lived, built and survived, and you begin to see the landscape differently. These places haven’t disappeared, just been forgotten, waiting to be understood again.
Wartime Coast
Wartime history lines the coastline around the UK in every direction. Hidden bunkers, coastal defences and shipwrecks from a time that shaped everything that followed. Built with purpose, these places now sit quietly on the edge of the landscape or submerged beneath it, waiting to be seen.