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‘Ancient Light’ by Michael Harris was awarded the top prize at the South Downs annual astro-photography competition

A photo of an orange-tip butterfly won the wildlife category of the annual competition.

Keen to test the limits of his well-matured endurance, Steve Shrubsall hurls himself headlong into a 500km ultra-endurance adventure across the North and South Downs

The Seven Sisters chalk cliffs are one of the most famous beauty spots on England’s south coast. A trio of newly-renovated cottages is giving guests a chance to immerse themselves in this iconic landscape

From the Cairngorms to the South Downs, the Pembrokeshire coast to the Norfolk Broads, our tipsters share their memorable discoveries

Pods, campervans, bell tents and even Star Wars domes feature in our round-up of sites set in glorious countryside from the South Downs to the Hebrides

At one with the landscape, a South Downs house uses elements of quintessential country villas and midcentury gems with modern technologies

UK Oil and Gas says work is to resume at Avington site in national park after decision from Planning Inspectorate

When you “gaze up at the night sky”, you “can’t help but feel small” before the “grand abyss of the universe that lies beyond”, said Ethan Siegel on Big Think. While nearly all of them are “invisible to our eyes”, our “observable” universe, extending “tens of billions of light years…