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. Read more
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. Read more
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. Read more
Autumn has crept up on us and nights are drawing in. Yet getting outside is even more crucial for our mental well-being in these anxious times. A rise in interest in night time photography using digital cameras and affordable telescopes is a great excuse to venture out. Read more
The Westmorland Dales has a rich cultural and natural heritage. The landscape partnership scheme is now recruiting an officer to take the lead in interpreting this heritage to a wide range of audiences. Read more
Join Abbie Barnes and her mum, Pearl, as they walk one of the most popular long distance trails in England; The Cumbria Way. Via boggy paths, neck-high bracken, over mountains, along lakes, and quaint little villages. Read more
A village green in Lazonby, which received one of our environmental grants in 2015 to improve landscape and habitats, has produced a riot of wildflowers five years later. Read more
Cumbria, the Dales and Lake District National Parks have some of the best dark skies in England. Our star covered dark skies provide an amazing free display for visitors and local communities, but how can they be better protected? Read more