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For this episode of Countryfile, Ellie Harrison and Matt Baker...
News
After much deliberation following your thousands of entries,...
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A count of puffins on the Isle of May’s National Nature...
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Birdsong mobile phone apps could potentially be a threat,...
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60 new wildflower meadows have been announced across the UK, as...
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The key to a permanent resistance to Dutch elm disease may have...
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After much deliberation following your thousands of entries,...
Tips & Techniques
Celebrated landscape photographer Adam Burton reveals 10 golden...
Countryfile TV
For this episode of Countryfile, Ellie Harrison and Matt Baker...
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News
60 new wildflower meadows have been announced across the UK, as...
News
As a geomagnetic storm strikes the earth’s atmosphere, the...
Explore the Countryside
Photographic competition
  The Countryfile Photographic Competition has now been...
Going Home by Pen Rashbass, 2010 overall winner
Photographic competition
Award-winning wildlife photographer Pete Cairns reveals how you...
Conservation
Nothing beats a walk along a wildlife-rich river – but not...
Conservation
Stationary and silent, waiting for prey, the heron has become an...
Your Photos

This month we'd like to see your photos taken in national parks. They are some of the most iconic and beautiful...

Walks

Explore the UK countryside

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        Explore gushing falls and a valley scattered with wood anemones in...
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      Visit Bronze Age stones reputed to be a sacrificial site on this lonely moorland...
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      Enjoy glorious autumnal colours while you discover stunning ancient woodlands and...
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        Enjoy some spectacular views and peaceful countryside on this delightful...
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        Explore magical Llanddwyn Island and the sand dunes of Newborough Warren on...
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      Tread in the footsteps of medieval pilgrims while enjoying spectacular views of a...
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    Ghosts, witches and dragons: walkers looking for some scary stories should head for...
  • Walk between two of Scotland’s best beaches on this wheelchair-accessible and...
  • After successfully returning to Scotland’s Western Isles, the sea eagle is now...
Places to Visit

Days out and events in the countryside

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  Venture into a wild, magical landscape on a walk to a remote moorland lake Mynydd Hiraethog is a bleak but beautiful area of high moorland lying between the Snowdonia National Park and the Vale of Clwyd. 
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  Enjoy stunning sunsets and red squirrels on this adventurous Anglesey walk beside red wharf bay
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Accommodation Guide

Whatever you’re looking for, you’ll be sure to find it among our fantastic range of UK holiday accommodations.

Holidays

Holidays in the UK countryside

Basking shark
Wildlife photographer, cameraman and presenter Charlie Hamilton James reveals what it’s like to witness these magnificent creatures up close
Jules Hudson, Attingham Park
Jules Hudson learns the archaic art of maintaining a walled garden on a National Trust working holiday
Photography

Your photos from the UK countryside

Your Photos

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  • Lone Tree
  • Cow and Calf Rocks, Ilkley
  • Bridlington seascape
  • Grass spiders web
  • Sunsets and Silhouettes
  • Lily
  • Mallaig
  • beautiful blue
  • Batemans Tower
  • beach huts
  • swan
Country News

Keep up-to-date with news from the countryside

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After much deliberation following your thousands of entries...
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A count of puffins on the Isle of May’s National...
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Birdsong mobile phone apps could potentially be a threat,...
The Countryside

Hints, tips and stories from the countryside

Photographic competition
  The Countryfile Photographic Competition has now been launched and this year’s theme is “Our Living Landscape”.
Going Home by Pen Rashbass, 2010 overall winner
Photographic competition
Award-winning wildlife photographer Pete Cairns reveals how you can win the Countryfile Photographic Competition – without the need for expensive equipment
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Places
Visit the beautiful historic market county of Warwickshire, home and birthplace of William Shakespeare; a landlocked county with many hidden gems. 
Conservation
Nothing beats a walk along a wildlife-rich river – but not all are as healthy as they seem, says Mark Lloyd, chief executive of the Angling Trust. Here he reveals how we can all help improve water quality
Conservation
Stationary and silent, waiting for prey, the heron has become an increasingly common sight at the water’s edge. Mark Hillsdon explores this elegant hunter’s world
Scotland
Explore the Fair City – crowning place of Scottish kings – and the magnificent countryside beyond