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The Best Countryside in the North of England
Our pick of the best countryside in the North of England (Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne & Wear, Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire, Yorkshire), every address checked.
Lake District National Park
Cumbria
One of the most celebrated national parks in the world, where more than a dozen large lakes lie among the fells.
See details →Yorkshire Dales National Park
North Yorkshire and Cumbria
Drystone walls, limestone pavements and the hills of the Yorkshire Three Peaks, across some 1,762 square kilometres.
See details →North York Moors National Park
North Yorkshire
Designated in 1952, it holds the largest expanse of heather moorland in the United Kingdom.
See details →Northumberland National Park
Northumberland
Wild hills and valleys within the Northumberland International Dark Sky Park, one of the largest areas of protected night sky in Europe.
See details →Hadrian's Wall Path
Wallsend to Bowness-on-Solway
An 84-mile National Trail, opened in 2003, following the line of the Roman wall coast to coast across northern England.
See details →Forest of Bowland National Landscape
Lancashire and North Yorkshire
Some 803 square kilometres of gritstone fells and heather moorland, designated in 1964, nationally important for breeding hen harriers and merlins.
See details →Northumberland Coast National Landscape
Berwick-upon-Tweed to Amble, Northumberland
A narrow strip of coast, some 40 miles long and designated in 1958, with Bamburgh at its heart.
See details →Arnside & Silverdale National Landscape
Cumbria–Lancashire border
Low limestone hills, woods and salt marsh beside Morecambe Bay, designated in 1972, with rare butterflies such as the high brown fritillary.
See details →The Pennine Way
Edale, Derbyshire to Kirk Yetholm, Scottish Borders
Britain's first National Trail, opened in 1965: 268 miles along the backbone of England.
See details →Wainwright's Coast to Coast
St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay
Around 190 miles through the Lake District, the Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors, being upgraded to a National Trail; walkers dip their boots in the sea at each end.
See details →
Checked October 2026. Opening times, prices and delivery terms change, so please check before you travel or order.