Enjoying the natural environment
Natural England wants to ensure that everybody has the opportunity to use, understand, engage with and be inspired by the natural environment. We also want an increasing number of people to take action to conserve it.
There are many places where you can enjoy the natural environment, whether you're looking for healthy exercise, the challenge of a long walk, a horse or cycle ride, or whether you want to experience nature, or appreciate its quiet tranquillity and inspiring landscapes.
Whether you might be interested in Country Parks, National Nature Reserves, Local Nature Reserves or Areas of Outstanding National Beauty – or perhaps something else – there’s a lot in the English countryside to be explored. Some of it might even be closer to home than you think ...!
Linking people with the natural environment
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Capturing the legacy of London 2012
(20 April 2012) The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will bring thrilling, world class sports to the UK and are aiming for gold as the most sustainable Games ever.
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Box Hill gears up for the Olympics as Richard Benyon comes to visit
(29 March 2012) As well as being part of Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment Site of Special Scientific Interest and Special Area of Conservation, the zig-zag road up Box Hill is about to host the hill-climb section for the cycling road races at the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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(30 March 2012) Hadleigh Farm, with its steep gradients, uneven ground and hillocks, is the venue for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic mountain bike events.
