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Make a literary pilgrimage to the Peak District or take a trip through our dark underbelly in the caves of Cheddar Gorge. Take a steam train across the North Yorkshire Moors and drop in at a vineyard.

 

Putter through the Norfolk Broads on your own narrowboat and lose yourself in Wordsworth country in Cumbria. National parks, forests, fishing villages – it’s right here.


From Brontë country to Arthurian legend

Walkers looking over Ullswater in the Lake District; VB Images;

National Parks

England’s National Parks protect the environment but they’re also great places to have fun.

Thorpe Cloud Dawn, Peak District; James Grant;

Peak District

Our first National Park, inspiration to the Brontës and Creswell Crags' stunning Ice Age legacy.

Somerset Weston Super Mare; Copyright: Visit Britain Images;

Somerset

Explore Arthurian legend at Glastonbury and descend into Cheddar’s spectacular caves.

Precious landscape...

Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Take the 'Miles Without Stiles' walk or head to the Malvern Hills and see 12 counties all at once.

Cotswolds & the Forest of Dean

Escape to the country's largest oak forest and pay a visit to Beechenhurst Lodge Scultpure Trail.


Explore 1,000-year-old hunting grounds

New Forest Pony; Gary Richardson;

New Forest

Pony trek through open heath and ancient woodland where William the Conqueror once hunted.

Lincolnshire Windmill; Copyright: Visit Lincolnshire;

Lincolnshire

Pay homage to Sir Isaac Newton at Woolsthorpe Manor and tuck into some world-beating bangers at Elite Meats.

Sutton Bank, North Yorks Moors; Welcome to Yorkshire;

North York Moors

Thousands of archeological sites to explore; chock full of abbeys and priorys.


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