Peak district

CRADLED IN THE rolling green hills of Derbyshire, Matlock is where Victorian spa-town elegance meets Peak District wilderness. Once famed for its healing waters, today it’s a gateway to leisurely rive

The Lake District, nestled in the north-west corner of England in Cumbria, is the country’s most poetic landscape. From Wordsworth to Beatrix Potter, the Lake District has always drawn writers, artist

The parks and wilderness areas of Italy are some of the most dramatic on the continent, ranging from Europe’s highest active volcano to the last refuge of the Marsican bear. We pick 21 of the wildest to explore…

The proposed creation of a new national park in Wales has split local opinion down the middle. What are the pros and cons?

Traverse the spiritual home of gritstone and the upper moors of the Peak District , while visiting Robin Hood and Jane Eyre sites.

I’m sceptical about news stories you sometimes read of big black cats roaming the countryside. I was, however, tempted to don my boots for a hike I found on the internet titled In the Footsteps of the