Country diary: In rural Britain, some signs are more polite than others

Croxton Park, Cambridgeshire: While nature reserves ask, private estates demand

A step away from the Lakes: walking the ‘Camino’ of Cumbria

The newest section of the all-encompassing England Coast Path, from Whitehaven to Silecroft, takes in beaches, blustery dune lands and bird-filled clifftops

Trekking the Great Ocean Walk: ‘Stand with no land mass between your sweaty skin and Antarctica’

Far less famous than its driving counterpart, this multi-day hike is no less rich for its relative obscurity – besides, you won’t spot carnivorous snails from a car

Great walk with a great pub: the Neuadd Arms Hotel, Powys

A walk in the ‘belly button of Wales’, then a pint at an idiosyncratic hotel that hosts bog-snorkelling races

Offa’s Dyke Path at 50: an ancient earthwork still shrouded in mystery

This mighty monument, running 177 miles along the England-Wales border, offers breathtaking views and walks that entice you to keep going

The wonder stuff: what I learned about happiness from a month of ‘awe walks’

Feeling down? You need to experience more awe, psychologists say. So I set off every day to explore my local area, leaving my phone behind

The saints go marching on: taking a pilgrim’s trek across north-east England

On a four-day hike from Heavenfield to Durham, our writer takes in the scenery, sunshine and sourdough on one of six new – but ancient – pilgrimage routes

20 of the best autumn escapes around the UK

These breaks revel in the glorious change of season, and take in everything from foraging and festivals to stargazing and glamping

‘I was sliding towards the drop and couldn’t stop’ – the writer who fell from a mountain

It is every climber’s worst nightmare. In this extract from his thrilling book about the glorious – and treacherous – Cuillin Ridge on Skye, Simon Ingram recalls the day its wild peaks almost took his life

How a racist taunt prompted me to reclaim Britain’s countryside

A man on a train told me to go back to where I’m from – and so I did. Walking alone in nature, I felt liberated from prejudice, says nature writer Anita Sethi