Walking and Talking Your Way - a talk by Neil Redfern

To celebrate our week of Out and About Archaeology activities and National Walking Month join Neil Redfern, Executive Director of the Council for British Archaeology as he explores the places he has visited since joining the CBA in 2020. 

From walking Hadrian’s Wall in 2022 to searching for Lego on the beaches of Cornwall this talk will explore the importance of connecting to the people and places around us through the lens archaeology offers us.

This event was delivered on 19 May 2025 as part of the CBA's Out and About Archaeology event. 

Neil Redfern

Neil joined the CBA in 2020 after a distinguished career in heritage, most recently as Development Advice Team Leader and Principal Inspector of Ancient Monuments for Historic England. 

During his time at Historic England Neil led teams delivering award-winning development advice in Yorkshire, developed their response to major environmental threats as part of the National Heritage Protection Plan and initiated a major project on the Yorkshire Wolds to address monuments at risk from cultivation, amongst other achievements. 

Prior to this, Neil spent ten years with English Heritage as North Yorkshire Team Leader, Inspector of Ancient Monuments and Field Monument Warden. 

Between 1997 and 2000 he worked with the CBA as a Project Officer on its Defence of Britain project.