BBC Countryfile Magazine - 27 Nov 2025
Christmas on the farm
The rural landscape where Jane Austen changed fiction
Gift ideas for nature lovers and walkers
Why Yorkshire is this season’s ultimate break
10 royal residences to visit this festive season
Festive family rituals
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OUR COLUMNISTS
Switch on the lights
Switch on the lights
Discover wintry wonders in York, Harrogate and Fountains Abbey
Visit Jane Austen’s beloved Hampshire haunts
THIS MONTH’S HIGHLIGHTS
Rustle up Rick Stein’s seasonal treat
John Craven ponders the pylon debate
YULETIDE YORKSHIRE
CHRISTMAS DAY ON THE FARM
JANE AUSTEN’S HAMPSHIRE
COMMUNITY SPIRIT
TOP 10 ROYAL RESIDENCES
WOMEN’S WORK
Discover wintry wonders in York, Harrogate and Fountains Abbey
Experience the delights and demands of Christmas Day on a Cumbrian farm
ON THE COVER
Celebrate tenacious farming women
Top 10 royal residences around the UK
Planned proliferation of pylons across the countryside sparks vigorous debate.
The environmental impacts of AI; Christmas markets to visit; the dangers of chocolate; how to attract robins.
GREAT GIFT IDEAS
Why we must hope the festive turkey doesn’t become an endangered species.
Why we should cherish and protect toads.
MASTERCLASS: FELL RUNNING
QUIZ, CROSSWORD & PUZZLE
READER LETTERS
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READER PHOTOS
Festive sporting events
Festive sporting events
PINE MARTENS RETURN TO EXMOOR AFTER MORE THAN 100 YEARS OF ABSENCE
CAMBRIDGESHIRE NATURE RESERVE RECORDS ITS 10,000TH SPECIES IN UK FIRST
10 MORE WILD WONDERS FOUND AT WICKEN FEN
FESTIVE JOY ON THE FARM
ATTENBOROUGH BACKS AMBITIOUS WILDLIFE PROJECT
The Plodcast
MIDWINTER MERRIMENT OF OLD
OTHER EVENTS IN DECEMBER
DOG OF THE YEAR
Camembert and spinach filo pastry slices
Camembert and spinach filo pastry slices
Pylon proposals for the ‘Great Grid Upgrade’ spark protests
It’s time to support the threatened British turkey industry
The perfect present
The perfect present
Christmas in Yorkshire
Christmas in Yorkshire
NOW GO THERE
Away in a manger
Away in a manger
TOP 10 ROYAL RESIDENCES
Walk back in time
Community spirit
Community spirit
TOP 5 COMMUNITY OWNED INSTITUTIONS
TOP 5 COMMUNITY OWNED PUBS
Manors and meadows
Manors and meadows
NOW GO THERE
A glorious haunting
THE BEST OF NICOLA CHESTER
Q&A
6 Is chocolate poisonous to dogs?
7 How do I attract robins to my garden?
fell running
fell running
FELL RUNNING RACES
Stay Active This Winter with Turmeric+ Gold
for nature lovers
GIFTS OUTDOOR GEAR
GIFTS CHRISTMAS BOOKS
FIREFLY
INSECTOPOLIS: A NATURAL HISTORY
THINK BIG: SECRETS OF BEES
WILDLANDS
YOUR PHOTOS
COUNTRYSIDE QUIZ
COUNTRYSIDE CROSSWORD
SPOT THE DIFFERENCE
CROSSWORD SOLUTIONS
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