british countryside

Borrowdale, Lake District in autumn

Countryfile TV Show

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

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

Crested tit

Best of the British countryside in February

Barn owl in winter

Best of the British countryside in December

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

beatrixpotter-34040fd

Historical figures

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

Bluebells growing in a woodland in Northern England

Britain’s best spring walks

Hedgehog-1-2099c2f

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