Britain once hosted temperate rainforests along its rain-lashed western edge—and they can return. In The Lost Rainforests of Britain, Guy Shrubsole plays detective and guide, tracking Atlantic oakwoods in Cornwall, Devon, the Welsh coast, Cumbria and the western Highlands: twisted oak galleries draped in lichens, ferns and rare mosses.

He shows how clearance, overgrazing and Victorian rhododendron shrank them to tatters, then walks us through the fixes—from community-led rewilding and grazing reform to policy shifts and the simple act of mapping what survives.

It’s part travelogue, part field manual, wholly galvanising. These rainforests lock up carbon, shelter vanishing species and offer a wetter, wilder vision of Britain that’s within reach. If you’ve ever wondered what restoration looks like, this book hands you the map.