I visited the Peak District as a woman of colour — it’s never been more important

Asyia Iftikhar spent summers in the English countryside, but didn’t see many people that looked like her (Picture: Asyia Iftikhar)

As a woman of colour born in Sheffield, raised in Birmingham, and now living in London, I realised early on that the British countryside was not a space for me.

When I was little, my parents would take us to National Trust sites and historic ruins. We’d play a game: trying to spot other people of colour.

It was never more than two. More often, it was none.

In January, the Departme...