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Things to do this month

Red shiny fungi in grass

A month in the countryside: connecting with nature in October

If I’m lucky, autumn work in the garden means being accompanied by a robin.

Best of the countryside

Two black women resting on a fence with a footpath, open countryside and hills behind them

Countryside, cows, conversation, women and walking

For many single black women, walking and hiking has become the new escape.

Things to do this month

Hand picking blackberries

Focused foraging: finding seasonal autumn food

September is the perfect time to try foraging in your local countryside.

A woman holds a cup of tea and stands proudly in front of a rural home

Donate for local voice

Five young people cross stepping stones across a stream

A detail image showing hands signing a piece of paper attached to a clipboard

Best of the countryside

Best of the countryside

Cows grazing a meadow in mist with church spire in background

Why autumn mist makes the countryside

Best of the countryside

A man and woman and two children lean forward to look into a hedgerow thicket

What’s that rustling in the hedgerow? Hedgerow wildlife to hear and see

Best of the countryside

A bushy hedgerow with cow parsely enclosing a field of sheep

Celebrating England’s hedgerows

Best of the countryside

View of people shopping and chatting in newly developed area of a city

Brownfield is best: how CPRE promotes recycling land for new homes

Our pick

The countryside next door: Victoria Ekpo explores Liverpool’s Green Belt

‘It’s delightful on the hill, like an enchanted forest.’

A woman walking up a steep footpath surrounded by trees

How we helped to end fracking

We helped stop fracking through local campaigning: explore the timeline.

$A fracking rig$

Bringing back beauty

Damaged landscapes have been replaced with beautiful and vibrant habitats.

A red butterfly with black markings on yellow flowers

Things to do this month

Things to do this month

Spider webs with moisture hanging from them in branches

Spider season again! The top six spiders you’ll spot at home in autumn

Things to do this month

Red shiny fungi in grass

A month in the countryside: connecting with nature in October

Things to do this month

A red butterfly on a pink and white frilly flower

A month in the countryside: connecting with nature in September

Things to do this month

boy running down sunny path in countryside

Go wild in the country