News - Friends of the Lake District

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From campaign updates and project news to longer reads from the people and places that make Cumbria special.

This week, Jan pays a visit to Gowbarrow to look at some ancient woodland before returning to Mazonwath...

Our planning officer, Leanne Parr, explains how we decide which planning applications to respond to and what forms...

Friends of the Lake District has announced the appointment of Colin Walker as their new Chief Executive Officer.

The new five-year plan for the Lake District National Park, due to be adopted on 24 June, represents...

Incredible views from Sweden Wood, checking out the trees in Rusland, and a challenging wall gap in High...

There’s only a few weeks left to enter Friends of the Lake District’s 2026 photo competition.

Ninety years of campaigning for wires to go underground and our National Park extensions campaign pays off -...

National Volunteers Week: adventures at the Helm with bracken, grass clearance, ponies and fence repairs. An award nominated...

There was a record turnout of wallers for this year's annual Dry Stone Walling competition. Find out the...

We running a survey to discover scale of litter and antisocial behaviour in the Lake District for a...

In this week's blog, Jan updates us on Rusland experiments with sheep fat, and battles the micro climate...

This week we've been honouring the volunteers and working with wonky wall heights.