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From campaign updates and project news to longer reads from the people and places that make Cumbria special.
One year to go: a Blueprint for Cumbria’s first Mayor
Cumbria will elect a mayor for the first time in 2027. Over the next year, Friends of the...
Friends of the Lake District publish ‘A Blueprint for Cumbria’s first Mayor’
One year before the election of the first mayor of Cumbria, Friends of the Lake District has published...
Hedges and Edges project plants and restores 5km of new hedgerows
We're celebrating National Hedgerows Week (4-10 May 2026) having planted 2km of new hedgerows in Cumbria and restored...
Bluebells and chocolate chips
Spring has come to Cumbria, the bluebells are out and the woods are looking, sounding and smelling amazing....
The Magic of Woodlands
Tackling invasive holly in Hows Wood in Eskdale, mighty oak trees, pine marten releases and catkins, and our...
Great Cumbrian Litter Pick 2026
Read about how the ninth Great Cumbrian Litter Pick went, when we linked up with the Tidy Town...
Fixing and fettling
Following the Easter break, Jan and our volunteers are back dry stone walling in Mazonwath. Meanwhile, there's an...
No funding for commons
We recently wrote to ministers urging them to address the lack of agri-environment funding for commons.
Rainforest appeal donations doubled during Earth Raise Week
Friends of the Lake District is calling on the public to help save one of Cumbria’s rarest habitats...
Approach to Lake District littering and fly-camping is a step in the right direction
Friends of the Lake District has welcomed the visible, more interventionist approach towards littering and fly-camping taken by...
Walk in a rainforest
Exploring Friends of the Lake District’s Rusland Woods with the people helping to bring Cumbria’s rainforests back to...
Championing the commons
Policy officer Amanda McCleery explains how Friends of the Lake District helps keep the commons of Cumbria thriving.