british countryside

John Craven Eastville Park

Countryfile TV Show

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

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