We're offering a summer series of Guided Walks: ‘Blue Spaces and Green Places’, throughout July and August. Read more
Light polluting footway lights along Cliff Terrace on Low Fellside, Kendal have been replaced with the Town’s first Dark Skies and Wildlife friendly heritage-style lights. Read more
In 2021, maybe more than any other year, our 'Landscape Grant' support of improvements to access, landscape enhancements and to free events will be more important that ever, helping visitors and residents to experience and reconnect with the landscape. Read more
Big Balsam Bash, Photo competition, Hay meadow blooming, Help us tackle traffic chaos, Give your view on how the National Park is managed, Litter picking from top to bottom, Film and Radio club and more... Read more
We are pleased to launch our annual photo competition and asking for snaps of the Lake District to star in our calendars and Christmas cards, on sale later in the year. Read more
As our 2021 AGM date of 2nd July falls so closely to the projected ‘opening up’ date we have again decided to hold it in a 'remote' format. Any member is welcome to ‘remotely’ attend, but we do recognise and are sorry that not everyone will have access to a suitable device. Read more
We have reached a tipping point where we can either embrace a radical re-think on transport within the Lake District National Park or risk destroying the sense of tranquillity and escape that this landscape has delivered for generations. Read more
In partnership with South Cumbria Rivers Trust, we're calling for a fighting force of volunteers to work in groups around Rydal to attempt a mass-removal of Himalayan Balsam on Saturday 10th July. Read more
Great Cumbrian Litter Pick, Bluebells, Dark Skies, Herdwicks, Ullock Moss Car Park Plans, Film and Radio club and more... Read more
A new Lake District National Park Partnership Management Plan has been published for consultation. Friends of the Lake District is part of the partnership, and we believe that this Plan is one of the most important in the history of the National Park Read more
It’s not too late to join the fight! New policies make it clear that Ullock Moss is not the place for a new car park and that alternative ways of exploring the National Park are what’s really needed. Read more
We are looking for self-motivated individuals with a strong interest in conservation to work in the beautiful landscape of the Westmorland Dales. Read more