The autumn Dark Skies Festival begins, with some great events. Join us at our volunteer Fell Care Day in Buttermere and we could be winning the battle against ugly, noisy phone masts in remote parts of the Lake District. Read more
Welcome to our October Postcard. It's a mixed bag this month; we were disappointed to read that the UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world in the 2023 State of Nature Report. Read more
Elterwater Quarry adventure visitor attraction rejected, Kirby Lecture, Roanhead holiday lodge, Dark Skies Festival this autumn, Fell Care Day, Miller Place Farm Diary, and How to do the Lakes car free. Read more
Updates on the vital work of 'Fix the Fells', our Great Landscapes Festival events, planning and Roanhead updates and the value of research and training in providing the best habitats for our native flora and fauna Read more
A Postcard From the Lakes is where we bring the Lake District to you! We publish this monthly update to share ideas and to help keep you connected with the countryside and to let you know what's afoot in the Lake District and Cumbria. If you want to receive them via a weekly email then do join our mailing list. You can sign up to our newsletter at the bottom of this page.
We attended the 'Save Windermere' rally, our first Leaders' Landscape Training sessions of 2023 are live. Lots of free events coming up including many as part of the Westmorland Dales Scheme, a Coniston member meet and our AGM and Open Day in July, to which you're all welcome! Read more
Lots of events; volunteer summer training, Nurtured by Nature events continue, Annual Walling Competition, and a Dark Skies talk. Brandelhow Cottage planning application turned down, Roanhead Holiday Resort Plans submitted, and introducing our new CEO Michael Hill. Read more
A 450 lodge holiday park planned for Roanhead, our Great Cumbrian Litter Pick is on 21-22nd April and reaching our target of planting of 20,000 trees on our land at High Borrowdale! Read more
Lots of Dark Skies activities - the Big Switch Off in Ambleside and Grasmere, a successful Moonwatch event, and star counts. Elterwater Quarry response submitted, and plans for Ullock Moss car park and holiday apartments and a marina at Sawrey, withdrawn. Read more
Lots going on in the planning world, with a notable update on the Elterwater Quarry application. Groundbreaking research at Little Asby and Legendary stories from the Westmorland Dales. Read more
Our new season of volunteer work party dates are on the website now, and we're looking for people to join us at Gillside in Grasmere on 25th January, when you can help tree staking, branch lopping and coppicing, path clearing and dry stone walling. Read more
The go-ahead is given for a new coal mine in Cumbria, updates on proposals for Brandelhow Cottage and the former water testing site in Windermere, a new footpath takes shape in Tebay. Read more
The Great Cumbrian Litter Pick, 1500 attend Cumbria Dark Skies Festival events, native woodland restoration at Hardknott Forest, and a year of activities in the Westmorland Dales. Read more