Roly Smith

Recent articles by Roly Smith

Pier at sunset

Starling murmuration guide: why and when they happen and best places to see one in the UK

City parkland

Walk: Sutton Park, West Midlands

Sunset from a hilltop

Walk: Rough Tor, Devil’s Tor and Beardown Tors, Devon

Pennine Way sign, seen in the Yorkshire Dales between Halton Gill and Horton in Ribblesdale with the Pen-Y-Ghent in the background, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Best walks on the Pennine Way

A young fallow deer and its father looking into the camera in the forest

Walk: Denny Wood, Hampshire

Sutton Hoo, Suffolk

Historic places

Walk: Sutton Hoo, Suffolk

Visitors look out towards Derwent Dam at Derwent Reservoir in Derbyshire

Walk: Derwent Valley, Derbyshire

St John the Baptist church in Tideswell

Walk: Tideswell, Derbyshire

British Camp, the Malvern Hills

British hillforts guide: history and best places to visit

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Historical figures

Wild People: Who was the environmentalist John Muir?

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Walk: Carl Wark and Higger Tor, South Yorkshire

Winnats Pass Derbyshire

Walk: Castleton, Derbyshire