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Three stellar estates in Wales and Staffordshire show how careful restoration is always worth the effort

Home to a veritable ‘Noah’s Ark of species’, thanks to never being ploughed, sprayed or fertilised, our churchyards are a sacred haven for flora and fauna

A tree that took root almost 5,000 years ago – before the first stones were raised at Stonehenge – has been unearthed at Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire during the National Trust’s largest lowland peatla

Britain’s wild places are under pressure – but cycling gives us rare access to their beauty and fragility. Sophie Pavelle explores what’s at stake from the saddle