This week was the finale of our tree planting season with a Friends of the Lake District volunteer work party at Middle Bleansley. Read on to discover the challenges of removing metal tree guards and the joy as we worked to transform the fields into wood pastures. Read more
Changes have been made to bus timetables compared to Summer 2023 in order to increase punctuality and maximise the capacity across the network. Read more
Discover a week of conservation efforts in Cumbria and the Lake District: from discussing common land issues to uncovering ancient woodland secrets and mastering dry stone walling. Join us for our final tree planting session next week, read on for details. Read more
Designated bathing water status for Coniston and Derwentwater? Government agrees A66 decision. Roanhead and Elterwater development proposals, and a new date for Keswick's Big Switch Off. Read more
We organised a rally to protest against plans to develop a visitor attraction in a historic quarry in the Langdale Valley on Wednesday 27 March. Read more
Our comments on a £1.3bn damaging road scheme. Read more
Shout out for a community clean up: the Great Cumbrian Litter Pick 2024. Friday 22nd and Saturday 23rd March. Read more
As the end of the tree planting season approaches, our work parties have been full throttle on getting mature whips in at Lorton, and planting trees in memory of our dedicated and much-loved volunteer Jean Savage at the Helm. Read more
Hedgelaying training video, new applications for developments at Elterwater Quarry and Roanhead, Dark Skies Star Count and Big Switch Off Read more
Trials and triumphs were the order of the day for our most recent High Borrowdale work party. Dedicated volunteers battled freezing winds and rain, rescued a stuck truck, and carried on a cherished tree-planting tradition. Read more
A coalition of nature and landscape charities have again joined forces to object to a serious threat to the internationally significant nature reserve at Sandscale Haws and the wider Morecambe Bay and Duddon estuary. Read more
Cumbrian landscape charity Friends of the Lake District has tentatively welcomed a move to help communities where high proportions of the housing stock are lost to holiday lets. The charity, however, is keen to see more detail on how the proposals would work in practice. Read more