As well as the 15 National Parks we have in the UK, we are blessed with the not so well known 46 National Landscapes in the UK. 38 of these were known as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty until November 2023.

Many of our writers and poets knew how splendid they were and used their own experience of living and exploring them in many of their writings. We may like travelling the world, but it is always worth remembering the words of T.S. Elliott in the Four Quartets:

‘When the last of earth left to discover is that which was the beginning’

Why not explore the wonders on our own doorstep.

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Isle of Anglesey
Arnside and Silverdale
Blackdown Hills
Cannock Chase
Chichester Harbour
Chilterns
Clwydian Range and Dee Valley
Cornwall
Cotswolds
Cranborne Chase
Dedham Vale
Dorset
East Devon
Forest of Bowland
Gower Peninsula
High Weald
Howardian Hills
Isle of Wight
Isles of Scilly
Kent Downs
Lincolnshire Wolds
Llyn Peninsula
Malvern Hills
Mendip Hills
Nidderdale
Norfolk Coast
North Devon Coast
North Pennines
North Wessex Downs
Northumberland Coast
Quantock Hills
Shropshire Hills
Solway Coast
South Devon
Strangford Lough and Lecale
Suffolk Coast and Heaths
Surrey Hills
Tamar Valley
Wye Valley