Northern Introvert · Jack Roscoe
Creator and presenter documenting the overlooked history and landscape of Northern England. Available for collaboration, consultation, public speaking, and media enquiries.
About
Northern Introvert is a YouTube channel dedicated to documenting the overlooked history and landscape of Northern England - on foot, in person, and from the perspective of someone who simply finds fascinating rather than someone who studied it.
Every week, that means walking to places that most people pass without knowing what they are. A WWII decoy bunker on the Calderdale moors. Prehistoric rock carvings on Ilkley Moor. The remains of a railway closed by Dr. Beeching that's now a bungee jumping platform. The mines, ruins, and forgotten corners of the North that didn't make it to the front page, but deserve to.
The channel has 92,000 subscribers and regularly reaches well over 100,000 views per video. In 2025 it generated 52.8 million organic YouTube views. The audience is predominantly people in the UK with a genuine connection to northern heritage and history.
"I saw a professional who brought passion and reflection to the subjects he focused on, but also gave others a voice."
Jacqui Hanson, NWMRA Media Officer
Mountain Rescue Magazine, Winter 2026
Selected Work
A selection of recent videos covering Northern England's history, folklore, and overlooked places. Each one researched and filmed on location.
Collaboration
In late 2025, I collaborated with Llanberis Mountain Rescue to produce a video about safety on Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon). The aim was to reach audiences that conventional safety messaging wasn't reaching - younger people and outdoor enthusiasts who consume content on YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram rather than through traditional media.
The approach was simple: walk up with Llanberis team chairman Jurgen Dissmann and press officer Kathryn Cummings, talk honestly about what goes wrong and why, and make something that felt like a conversation rather than a safety briefing. No scripts. A handheld camera and a team who knew the mountain better than anyone.
This collaboration was drivne The long-form YouTube video has reached over 280,000 views and continues to grow. Across all platforms the content generated over 1.2 million combined views. The collaboration was subsequently written up in Mountain Rescue Magazine, where NWMRA Media Officer Jacqui Hanson described the project in detail - including its success in reaching demographics that mountain rescue organisations typically struggle to engage.
If you're working on a similar project and struggling to reach your audience, get in touch.
Llanberis Mountain Rescue · 2025–26
"Reaching audiences we would not have been able to engage via our own platforms."
Jacqui Hanson · NWMRA Media Officer
Mountain Rescue Magazine
Press & Media
Footage Licensing
I've accumulated an extensive archive of original footage across Northern England - moorland, ruins, mines, caves, prehistoric sites, WWII structures, Victorian infrastructure, and working landscape. Much of this covers locations that are rarely or never filmed professionally.
Footage is available for licensing for documentary production, broadcast, editorial, and heritage use. All material is shot on location in 4K and includes aerial drone footage where applicable.
Subject areas covered include industrial heritage and former mining landscapes, WWII and military history sites, prehistoric archaeology and rock art, Victorian and Edwardian architecture and infrastructure, moorland and upland landscape across Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cumbria, North Wales, and social history locations across the North of England.
For licensing enquiries - including rates, available footage, and specific location requests - contact jack@northernintrovert.com with a brief description of the project and the subject matter required.
"Much of this footage covers locations that are rarely or never filmed professionally — overlooked places that exist outside the reach of conventional stock libraries."
Locations covered
Contact
I'm open to collaboration, consultation, and media enquiries. If you work in heritage, conservation, education, broadcasting, or the outdoors and think there might be a natural fit - get in touch.
youtube.com/@northernintrovert
Please include a brief description of your project or enquiry. Jack aims to respond to all professional enquiries within a few days.