A walk in the woods

It’s the busiest time of year for Britain’s beautiful places. Yet as these locations prove, you can find silence, sensational scenery and space to breathe.

As you drive east along the A149 from Burnham Overy Staithe, you are treated to tantalising glimpses of the salt marshes and coastline plus north Norfolk’s famous big blue skies, but, following an S-b

Native trees hold a special place in the UK’s traditions, myths and ecosystems

Built on the wealth of the wool industry, picture-perfect Lavenham in Suffolk is lined with colourful timbered buildings and has a close-knit community at its heart

Documentary photographer Richard Cross rises above the shortbread tin romanticism that colours so much of our outdoor heritage, with the perspective provided by drone photography applied to land use issues of our day

The coconut scent of bright-yellow gorse flowers wafts around me as the gravel path crunches beneath my feet. Darting in and out of my peripheral vision, damselflies and dragonflies dance and dive, ba