The South Derbyshire village of Ticknall found its place in the Industrial Revolution as a producer of bricks, pottery and tiles.

The Newlands Horseshoe, which takes its name from the beautiful, unspoilt Newlands Valley, is one of the finest ridge walks in the Lake District.

Cheshire’s hill country comes as a great surprise to most. East of the verdant Cheshire Plain, the last-gasp of the Pennines rumbles steeply upwards as an intricate series of gritstone ridges, deep cloughs, green vales and moorland domes forming the [...]

Alex Salmond, Scotland’s First Minister, has the bit between his teeth, and within a year or two Scotland will vote on some form of devolution. The idea that the border area will become a demilitarised zone or that walkers will [...]

The Yorkshire Dales has some of the most iconic locations in England, including the Three Peaks, Malham Cove and Gordale Scar.

The West Pennines stretch across the northern horizons of Manchester in an arc of high moorland.

The North Pennines is one of the remotest places in England. A high, wild, bleak landscape of heather moorland and blanket peat, it is sometimes referred to as ‘England’s last wilderness’.

One argument that can never be settled is that over which is the most beautiful of the Yorkshire Dales.

Hang your hat amid the sheer, isolated desolation of Whitendale Hanging Stones and – says the Ordnance Survey – you’re at the very centre of Great Britain and its outlying islands.

The lovely valley of St John’s in the Vale is one of the quieter areas of the Lake District, the fells
either side of it far less frequented than many elsewhere.