british countryside

Hambleden Valley View, Getty

Countryfile TV Show

Where is Countryfile visiting this week and what time is it on BBC1?

Couple resting on picturesque bridge in woodland

Britain’s best spring walks

Crested tit

Best of the British countryside in February

Waxwing, Bombycilla garrulus

Best of the British countryside in December

Castle on a hill in autumn

Best of the British countryside in October

Jay bird flying over a field

Best of the British countryside in September

Sunlit valley and hillwalker; English Lake District, U.K

Britain’s best poetry walks

Wast Water in the Lake District National Park

Explore Britain’s crowd-free countryside

A stone wall in the Peak District surrounded by heather and a hawthorn tree (Photo by: John Finney via Getty Images)

Sara Maitland: how stone shapes the British countryside

Group of people having a picnic in the countryside

Britain’s best picnic spots

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Historical figures

Beatrix Potter: history of the children’s author, farmer and conservationist

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Rural hedgehog numbers fall by half since 2000

Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) perching on tree

5 unexpected wildlife sightings

Opinion: an optimistic vision for the British countryside post Brexit

Rob Yorke