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Wast Water in the Lake District National Park

Explore Britain’s crowd-free countryside

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Best of the British countryside in February

Barn owl in winter

Best of the British countryside in December

Allen Banks, River Allen Northumberland

Month in pictures: Best of the British countryside in October

Storm over Cat Bells, Cumbria, Lake District

Month in pictures: September in the 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

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

Britain’s best poetry walks

Bluebells growing in a woodland in Northern England

Britain’s best spring walks

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Rural hedgehog numbers fall by half since 2000

Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) perching on tree

5 unexpected wildlife sightings

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Opinion: an optimistic vision for the British countryside post Brexit

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