We're looking for volunteers to help us to record oral histories of our commoners, conduct interviews and tell the story of the common land of the Westmorland Dales, its upland farming and its unique heritage. Read more
Cumbrian resident and internationally renowned climber and adventurer, Leo Houlding, has thrown his weight behind our Great Cumbrian Litter Pick as the event’s Ambassador for 2020. Read more
A monthly blog by our Wildlife Conservation and Environmental Management student Molly Conway; working with us this year as our ‘Property Engagement Officer’. Read more
Join us on the Great Cumbrian Litter Pick! Bringing Cumbrian communities together to clean up our glorious county on Fri 20th & Sat 21st March. Last year, over 1,000 people joined in with nearly 50 litter picks right across Cumbria - from Whitehaven to Sedbergh, Carlisle to Millom – collecting nearly 300 bags of rubbish. Read more
Get closer to our solar system and take part in an exciting new interactive pop up planetarium event, part of the first Cumbria Dark Skies Festival (21-23 February), a full programme of events for all the family across the three-day celebration of dark skies. Read more
It’s just two short weeks until the very first Cumbria Dark Skies Festival, 21-23 February 2020 and we’ve been working hard to pull together a full programme of events for all the family across this exciting three-day celebration of dark skies. Read more
Seven young ‘starter’ hedge-layers made up a total of 17 competitive hedge-layers who took part in Friends of the Lake District’s Annual Hedge Laying Competition, laying 103m of hedge between them. Read more
Mark your calendar for some Dark Skies fun! We’re delighted to bring you the first ever Cumbria Dark Skies Festival which takes place on Friday 21 – Sunday 23 February 2020. Read more
We have today announced the launch of a campaign to ‘Save Our Lake District’ (SOLD). In a statement issued today we explain why. Read more