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Kielder Forest Tucked into the far northwest of Northumberland, right up against the Scottish border, Kielder Forest is a place that still feels genuinely remote. There are no motorways nearby, mobile signal drops out for long stretches, and the villages you pass through on the way in have a handful of houses and a pub,

Gower Peninsula: The Ultimate Guide to Wales’ Wild Coast Jutting out from Swansea into the Bristol Channel, the Gower Peninsula packs an extraordinary amount of scenery into a small stretch of coastline. In 1956, it became the very first place in the United Kingdom to be designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and it

Waterfall Country Wales Tucked into the southern edge of Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park, Waterfall Country Wales is one of the most concentrated pockets of natural drama in the country. Along a short stretch of land between the villages of Pontneddfechan and Ystradfellte, four rivers — the Mellte, Hepste, Pyrddin and Nedd Fechan —

Wasdale Head Wasdale Head sits at the far end of a nine-mile dead-end road, ringed by the highest ground in England and facing the deepest lake in the country along its length. There’s no through traffic here, no by-pass, no other reason to be on that road except to reach the valley itself — and

Buttermere Valley Introduction Tucked between Honister Pass and the Newlands Valley, Buttermere Valley is the corner of the Lake District that locals quietly keep to themselves. Two glacial lakes, Buttermere and Crummock Water, sit in a narrow bowl of fells so steep that cloud often clings to their tops long after the valley floor has

Ennerdale Valley Introduction There is a stretch of western Cumbria where the crowds simply stop. No tour buses queue for parking, no ice cream vans line the shore, and no road runs the length of the lake. That place is Ennerdale Valley, and it might be the closest thing England has left to genuine wilderness.

Langdale Pikes There is one skyline that sums up the Lake District better than any other, and it belongs to the Langdale Pikes. Stand in the village of Elterwater on a clear evening and look north-west, and you will see it: a jagged wall of rock rising straight out of the valley floor, its peaks

Swaledale Introduction Swaledale is the northernmost and, by most accounts, the most dramatic of the Yorkshire Dales. Carved by the River Swale and fenced in by high heather moorland, it feels noticeably wilder and quieter than its better-known neighbours like Wensleydale or Wharfedale. Traditional stone barns dot every meadow, dry-stone walls climb impossibly steep hillsides,

Adventrova.com Upper Wharfedale Introduction Upper Wharfedale is the part of the Yorkshire Dales that keeps its best secrets for anyone willing to leave the main road. Stretching from the limestone drama of Kilnsey Crag up through Kettlewell, Starbotton and Buckden to the quiet church at Hubberholme, this stretch of the River Wharfe feels like a

Rannoch Moor Introduction There are few places left in Britain where you can stand and see nothing but bog, rock, water and sky in every direction. Rannoch Moor is one of them. This vast, 50-square-mile expanse of blanket peat bog sits at the meeting point of Perthshire, Argyll and the Highlands, framed by mountains and