Outdoor Britain

Rising from the English Channel among an island archipelago, Guernsey is a sparkling emerald blessed with a mild climate, beautiful beaches and the hallmarks...

Just beyond the northern perimeter of Edinburgh’s New Town, the Royal Botanic Garden is a 70-acre site, famous for its rhododendrons, which burst into...

Not only is this 95-mile stretch of coast one of the most spectacular and unspoilt in Britain, through rocks, pebbles and fossils it tells...

Tresco is the second largest of the Isles of Scilly, which are 28 miles west of Land’s End. It’s very small, only one mile...

Birdsong and the crunch of the pathway is the only sound as we follow the woodland trail into the heart of Creswell Crags, the...

Located at the end of a lonely track dividing dark swathes of pine forest, Kielder Observatory finally appears on a bare plateau. Visually striking,...

Angharad Moran My observational skills have never been that good and while being handed a pair of binoculars is all very well, it only helps...

The county of Surrey has long been a popular base for London commuters. Set up home here and you could be in the city...

Turn a corner on the busy outskirts of Guildford and suddenly the noise of traffic and people falls away, leaving a scene straight out...

It was at Runnymede near Windsor where democratic charter, the Magna Carta, was signed by King John in 1215, an action that symbolised the...