News & Stories
Discover latest updates, stories and statements
From campaign updates and project news to longer reads from the people and places that make Cumbria special.
Great Cumbrian Litter Pick 2026
We're hoping lots of people across the county will help us with an annual spring clean on Friday...
The holly, the digger and the hedgehog hope
This week we have been in our beautiful woods in the Rusland Valley, trying to make these woods...
Diggers, planting and exposure climbing…
Work begins on the new bridge at Dam Mire Wood, and volunteers go climbing up the crag to...
Annual Hedge Laying Results 2026
Results of this year's hedge laying competition which took place on Saturday 21 February at Gowbarrow Hall Farm,...
The daisy, the tree and the corner…
Work begins on the new bridge at Dam Mire Wood, and volunteers go climbing up the crag to...
What shape should a Cumbrian visitor levy take?
Last November, the government announced that mayors, including the mayor for Cumbria to be elected in May 2027,...
Protecting Peaceful Places
We commissioned research to measure tranquillity levels across the Lake District. Now we can help protect this special...
Roanhead… Saved!
Friends of the Lake District have joined a coalition of other nature and landscape charities, and the community...
Poll shows broad support for Lake District visitor charge
A YouGov poll shows support for a charge on visits to the Lake District.
Survey shows the scale of fly-camping and littering in the Lake District
A major survey organised by Friends of the Lake District has revealed an epidemic of litter, fly-camping and...
Multiple capital reports
A Multiple Capitals Account (MCA) is a mechanism designed to value all the benefits a landscape provides for...
Commonground
A link to Sarah Beddington's brilliant film about the challenges faced by upland hills farmers.