English countryside
Green and pleasant
The English countryside is the rural landscape of England—rolling hills, hedgerows, farmland, villages, and pastoral scenery outside urban areas.
The phrase evokes a particular aesthetic: green fields, country lanes, thatched cottages, and gentle terrain.
We spent the weekend driving through the English countryside.
Often romanticized in literature and tourism as quintessentially bucolic.
- cottagesSmall rustic dwellings
- meadowsGrassland for grazing
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
- village greenShared central lawn
- hedgerowsRows of dense shrubs
village fête · woodlands · bridle path · parish · rural · England · stately homes · moors · dales · stone bridges · folklore · bucolic · parish churches · church spire · heathlands · Domesday Book · thatched roofs · hiking trails
- cozy apocalypsepastoral setting, rural retreat, small community
- Europe travelEiffel Tower, Colosseum, Big Ben, Louvre, Vatican
- Novel settingsParis, London, Rome, Venice, Vienna
- UK TravelLondon, Edinburgh, Scotland, Wales, England
- English travelstagecoach, coaching inns, grand tour, turnpikes, travel diaries
- English Regionalismregional dialects, local dialects, regional speech
English countrysideLondon
England's capital city
inner city · Greater London · city centre · urban sprawl · Manchester
English countrysideAmerican wilderness
Untouched natural expanses
Australian outback · Siberian tundra · Sahara · Arctic wilderness · African savanna
English countrysideindustrial heartland
Manufacturing-centered region
factory towns · coal mining regions · shipyards · dockyards · motorways