With trails to explore and varied wildlife to discover, Barlow Common is the perfect place for a family outing or peaceful walk. Not bad for a former tip next to a power station!

Burton Riggs is a valuable and popular green space, offering easy access to nature and a spot of serenity bounded by industrial units and the railway line on the edge of Scarborough.

In the lush, green, rolling countryside of the Howardian Hills, the wet pasture and lowland marsh of this tiny riverside reserve come alive with wildflowers in spring and summer.

A dazzling array of floral colours and scents, hundreds of butterflies, singing yellowhammers, chirruping grasshoppers- a summer walk at Kiplingcotes Chalk Pit is a treat for the senses.

This small wetland reserve in the southern Yorkshire Wolds is fed by several clear chalk springs, with flourishing flowers through the spring and summer months, and snipe in the winter.

A vast skyline, raptors stealthily hunting over the saltmarsh, and paradise for wading birds- experience nature's beauty on this stretch of the Humber estuary's north bank.

Famed for its wetland birds including bitterns and marsh harriers, explore the mosaic of habitats and enjoy the stunning vistas at Potteric Carr.

Bounded on three sides by the river Hull and accessed by a 1.5 mile riverside walk, this spring-fed reserve is a remnant of extensive fens, rich in marsh plants.

It's not every day you come across a Cretaceous unconformity! This nationally important geological feature is the focal point of this fascinating grassland tucked away in the Wolds.

This tranquil former limestone quarry is a veritable Aladdin’s Cave of botanists’ treasures. Its gems include several nationally scarce plants.