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Phoebe Smith

She is an adventurer and multi-award-winning travel writer (most recently Broadcast of the Year; Travel Media Awards 2025 and Sustainable Travel Writer of the year; TravMedia Awards 2025), photographer, presenter and broadcaster. 

She has presented TV segments for BBC Countryfile, BBC Breakfast, C5 Saturday Live & ITV’s Britain’s Best Walks. She is the author of 11 books, with her 12th currently in progress. Her most recent one – Wayfarer: Love, Loss and Life on Britain’s Pilgrim Paths was shortlisted as the Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year 2025 and named Travel Book of the Year at the Inspire Global Media Awards 2025. 

Phoebe is also the co-founder of the #WeTwo Foundation (with Dwayne Fields), a charity that empowers underprivileged young people through carbon negative expeditions.

Phoebe Smith in front of a mountain
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