This document contains 12 papers about lifelong learning in rural communities in Great Britain. The papers, which are intended for lecturers, tutors, and guidance professionals but may also prove useful to organizations providing lifelong learning and policymakers, include conceptual tools as well as empirical case studies documenting lifelong learning policies, practices, and teaching and learning strategies that have proved successful in rural communities. The following papers are included: "Introduction: Learning and the Countryside" (Fred Gray); "Rural Society, Social Change and Continuing Education: From Wild Wales to the Aga Saga" (Ian Davidson); "Social Exclusion and Lifelong Learning in Rural Areas" (Peter Ryley); "Rural Education in Britain: A Historical Survey" (William R. Jones); "Combating Rural Social Exclusion: Adult Guidance and Lifelong Learning in Mid and West Wales" (Sue Pester); "Stimulating Science in Rural Areas" (John R. Nicholson); "Learning within Reach" (Roseanne Benn); "Rural Broadnet and the Electronic Village Hall" (Len Graham, John O'Donoghue); "A Third-Age Rural Learners' Project" (Marie Askam); "The Fenland Oral History Project" (Susan Oosthuizen); "The University of the Highlands and Islands Project: A Rural Curriculum Delivered Remotely" (Jane Plendereleith, Veronica Adamson); and "Towards a University of the Moors: Widening Participation in North Yorkshire" (Peter Ryley). Many papers include substantial endnotes. (MN)