Country Living UK

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Country Living UK

A note from the editor

Welcome to SEPTEMBER • This month: relax and rejuvenate at the WATER’S EDGE • Stay in a SAFARI-STYLE lodge in Lincolnshire • Meet the man on a MISSION to clean up LAKE WINDERMERE • Feast at a FOOD FESTIVAL • Plus, see historic hotspots FOR FREE

ESCAPE TO A LAKESIDE LODGE • September calls for A GENTLER RHYTHM. Slow down by the water’s edge and enjoy lazy LATE-SUMMER days and nights

5 WATERSIDE STAYS TO BOOK for an immersive escape

4 WETLANDS to watch WADING BIRDS

A prime place for paddleboarding River Cuckmere

The Nest LINCOLNSHIRE • Lauran Elsden unwinds at a lakeside lodge, with WILD SWIMS, wood-fired hot tubs and BIG-SKY VIEWS from the deck

LIVE LIKE A LOCAL • The Nest owner Emma Dennis’s Lincolnshire highlights

RETREAT, RECHARGE AND RESET • PACK thoughtfully for your lakeside rental, eat alfresco and schedule a long lie-in at a HOME away from home

PLAN THE PERFECT TRIP • Practical and pretty ESSENTIALS for a weekend GETAWAY

Matt Staniek • It’s World Cleanup Day this month and our waterways need all the help they can get. Meet the man who LUGGED A LOO to London in his mission to save Lake Windermere from drowning in sewage

SEPTEMBER visits 9 mouthwatering FOOD FESTIVALS • The most delicious dates for your diary

UNWIND YOUR MIND OUTDOORS • SOOTHE body and soul with RESTORATIVE rituals shaped by water, air and fire

5 day trips – for free!

September

FIELD NOTES BADMINTON HORSE TRIALS • 6-10 May 2026

FIELD NOTES RHS MALVERN SPRING FESTIVAL • 7-10 May 2026

Paula Sutton The Village Noticeboard • As harvest festival season arrives in her Norfolk village, Paula Sutton is charmed by the community spirit, the vegetable celebration and the prowess with plaited straw

Plot twist • They make an unlikely duo, but Gardeners’ World’s Adam Frost and writer Caitlin Moran are a new podcast dream team, celebrating the simple joy of being outside

MEET the next-gen LAND ARMY • Coming soon to a field near you: the Gen Zers persuading landowners to hand over their acres to rookie rewilders restoring nature from the ground up

ARTISANS +CRAFT

TRIAL by FIRE • Using an ancient firing technique and finds gathered on dog walks, Alison West creates ceramics infused with the colours and spirit of Dartmoor

How to MAKE A CYANOTYPE PRINT • Photographer Karen Louise George shows how a simple cameraless technique can create images using sunlight

Gathered from the glen • In the wilds of the Scottish Highlands, florist Julia Kirk is nurturing a new generation of flower-lovers

BAREFOOT X COUNTRY LIVING

The COUNTRY larder • PANTRY picks from our FAVOURITE farms, vineyards and artisan makers

JOIN US AT BURGHLEY HORSE TRIALS

HOMES + DECORATING

To the MANOR REBORN • After 40 years in America, Rachel Ashwell, the queen of “shabby chic”, has returned to a house in the English countryside that first inspired her signature style

Russell Loughlan The Interiors Insider • Our decorating expert on why hallways matter more than you think, and how clever design can transform this often overlooked space

“MY GARDEN IS AT THE HEART OF EVERYTHING” • For professional gardener Nina Leeming, her garden is not just a beautiful backdrop to her West Sussex home, it inspires the design and colours of every room

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