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A family and their dog walking through the woodlands at Great Wood
Family walking in Great Wood at Borrowdale and Derwent Water, Cumbria | © National Trust Images / Paul Harris

Countryside and woodland

Revitalise your senses and recharge your mind in the great outdoors by exploring the wonderful hills, valleys, woodlands and rivers in our care.

Things to do in the countryside

A path curves through a woodland floor of white-flowered wild garlic which is flanked by trees with bright green deciduous leaves
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Places to forage for wild garlic 

Wild garlic grows in moist woodland and you can forage for it at many places we care for including Downhill Demesne in Northern Ireland and Prior Park in Bath.

Four spring lambs frolicking on a grassy slope with a folly behind
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Places you can see lambs 

Lambs are one of the first signs of spring and you can spot them at many of the places in our care. Get to know the different breeds we look after, including the Herdwick sheep that Beatrix Potter once bred.

Reedbeds on Upper Lough Erne at Crom, County Fermanagh
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Wild places to get away from it all 

Despite our increasingly urbanised lives, there are still wild places in the UK to escape to. Why not visit one of the many areas of outstanding natural beauty that we look after?

Seal lying on a shingle beach with head turned to one side, with sea in background
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Nature reserves 

We look after some of the UK's most important nature reserves. Visit a nature reserve near you and discover a wide range of wildlife and plantlife.

Countryside and woodland near you

    A family in the garden in spring surrounded by daffodils at Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire

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