The only membership organisation dedicated to protecting and enhancing Lake District and Cumbrian landscapes
Friends of the Lake District has submitted a formal request to extend the southern boundary of the Lake District National Park to Natural England for its consideration - 19th June 2019 Read more
The Lake District National Park's Local Plan consultation is now closed. We have made our full written response available to read via this page. Read more
An army of over 1000 willing volunteers joined in with our ‘Great Cumbrian Litter Pick 2019’ on 26 and 27 April collecting 270 bags of rubbish at 46 separate litter picks to help clean up the county. Read more
Full steam ahead for the Westmorland Dales Landscape Partnership Scheme Read more
We celebrate our 85th birthday at the summit of Latrigg near Keswick on the evening of the summer solstice Read more
Sir Martin Holdgate CB, Emeritus President of Friends of the Lake District and renowned environmental scientist and international conservationist, presents a future vision for the Cumbrian landscape. Read more
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We need your feedback to inform a national project which aims to protect the Lake District common land of Bampton, Derwent and Kinniside. Read more
It’s National Volunteers Week from 1-7 June and so we are launching our ‘Fight the Aliens – Big Balsam Bash’ event which takes place around Rydal on Saturday 20th July. Read more
A strong field of excellent competitors pitted their skills against each other for glory at our Annual Dry Stone Walling Competition last weekend. Read more
Our annual dry stone walling competition takes place at Nags Head Farm, Hoff, near Appleby on Saturday 25th May. Read more