2005 - Winash Wind Farm

Friends of the Lake District successfully campaigned against the development of a new wind farm at Winash.

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A Postcard from the Lakes 25th September

Stay in touch. A fortnightly update sharing our news and helping to keep you connected with the glorious landscape of Cumbria and the Lake District.
Prime Minister calls for increase in UK’s protected land

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged an extra 400,000 hectares of English countryside will protected by 2030, as part of the Leaders’ Pledge for Nature, a virtual United Nations event earlier this week.
Nature therapy for Frontline Workers: Lake District Sanctuary Project Appeal Launched

We have launched our Sanctuary appeal to fund a new project that will use the great outdoors to help frontline workers whose mental health has suffered during the coronavirus pandemic.
Annual General Meeting 2020 Report

Our thanks to the members who attended our remote AGM on Friday 11th September. It was a smaller AGM that we are used to, due to COVID-19 restrictions, but we very much hope to return to a larger face-to-face AGM event in 2021.

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Aerial Flight at Honister Slate Mine

We received the disappointing news that the Secretary of State will not ‘call in’ the proposed zip-wires at Honister and so the Authority’s approval stands. The Secretary of State is no longer required to give reasons for his decision.
Thirlmere Activity Hub
Thirlmere Activity Hub

We consider this to be a wholly inappropriate development in this location. We urge you to take immediate action, write to the Planning Authority and share your concerns about this threat to Thirlmere
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Chief Executive - Douglas Chalmers

Douglas Chalmers joined us in April 2015. He grew up on his family’s farm on the North East coast of Aberdeenshire, and studied agriculture at the University of Aberdeen.
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2017 Photography Competition

We're looking for images from around Cumbria to use on our 2017 Friends of the Lake District Christmas Card collection and 2018 Calendar. Closing Date 16th June 2017