North West
Ambleside guide: This charming Lake District market town is the gateway to England's largest natural lake
“Cumbria wants to be the UK’s first carbon-neutral county.” How one writer skipped the gridlock on a car-free escape to the glorious Lake District
The Wrekin walk, Shropshire
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Podcast: In conversation with actress Jenny Agutter
Walk: Macclesfield Forest, Cheshire
Podcast: A morning among newborn lambs in the Shropshire Hills
Walk: Lochranza and Beinn Bhreac, Isle of Arran
Walk: Sunderland Point, Lancashire
Walk: Rivington Terraced Gardens, Lancashire
Walk: Gawsworth, Cheshire
Guide to Berwick and Borders: where to stay and eat, places to visit and best walks
Day out: Carnforth, Lancashire
Cottages in the Lake District: the best places to stay while on holiday
Podcast: Walk the River Tame in Manchester to see a river restored to glorious life
Walk: Little Moreton Hall, Cheshire
Take a 4.5-mile stroll from an iconic Tudor manor fit for a nursery rhyme, into the rich Cheshire countryside
Furness Abbey and Piel Castle
Boulsworth Hill, Lancashire
Discover an atmospheric highland of gritstone tors and grouse moors, where the winds still wuther the heights
Styal Country Park, Cheshire
Retrace the story of the cotton industry among beautiful surroundings
Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Wigan, Lancashire
As England’s longest canal reaches Wigan, you’ll find wildlife-rich lagoons where the Industrial Revolution once raged
See natterjack toads in Southport, Lancashire
Scramble across sand dunes and listen out for the rasping croak of this attractive and rare amphibian
Southport, Lancashire
Visit Southport, Queen of the Lancashire Riviera, where traditional seaside holiday attractions still rule
Singing Ringing Tree, Lancashire
Follow a haunting note across the Pennines and you'll find a wind-powered musical sculpture.
Llama trekking on the Pennine Bridleway, Lancashire
Walk with llamas on our newest National Trail.
Gawsworth, Cheshire
Keep your eyes peeled for Shakespeare's Dark Lady and jocular Lord Flame in a secluded village in the Cheshire countryside.