Westmorland Dales Landscape Partnership

The Westmorland Dales Landscape Partnership Scheme aims to unlock and reveal the hidden heritage of the Westmorland Dales, enabling more people to connect with, enjoy and benefit from this inspirational landscape. Thanks to National Lottery players it has been supported by a grant from the Heritage Fund.

Summer in the Westmorland Dales

As spring turns into summer there is plenty on offer for you to get involved with safely. We have a series of Wednesday Health and Heritage walks, supplemented on the occasional Saturday with some longer walks including ones in Great Asby on 17th July.

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Westmorland Dales Summer 2020 Newsletter

In our latest news roundup for the Westmorland Dales Landscape Partnership Scheme...

Our apprentice team have been back working from Tebay starting with some fantastic improvements to the area around the building. We’ve received our first bids for our 'Love Your Landscape' grants for community projects. We're sharing some wonderful films to help you identify wildflowers and much much more...

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Great Asby, Great Walks

We couldn't have asked for a better day and a more spectacular location to host our free day of walks exploring Great Asby.
Balsam-bashing volunteers pull together to ‘Fight the Aliens’

Volunteers turned out to tackle the invasive species Himalayan balsam around Rydal Water last weekend, at Friends of the Lake District’s Fight the Aliens – Big Balsam Bash event.
A Postcard from the Lakes 9th July 2021

In this edition...Windermere Gateway Development, Parking and Traffic Issues, Park and Sail Service at Derwentwater, Protect the Park Appeal, Photography Competition 2021 and more...
A Postcard from the Lakes 25th June 2021

Blue Spaces and Green Places Guided Walks, Kendal's First Dark Sky Wildlife Friendly Heritage Lights, Landscape Grants, Big Balsam Bash, Glover Review, Hay Meadow, Sound Explorers, and more...

Great Asby, Great Walks

We couldn't have asked for a better day and a more spectacular location to host our free day of walks exploring Great Asby.
Young Explorers Capture the Sound of the Westmorland Dales

Children from Crosby Ravensworth, Great Asby, Orton, Shap, Tebay and Kirkby Stephen Primary Schools have been working with Cumbrian sound artist, Dan Fox, to record pieces of music made entirely from natural sounds collected on a 'sound walk' around their villages.
Westmorland Dales Summer 2021 Newsletter

As spring turns into summer there is plenty on offer for you to get involved with. Heritage Talks, Westmorland Dales Walks, Marvellous Meadow events and archaeology projects taking place across the Westmorland Dales.
Summer in the Westmorland Dales

As spring turns into summer there is plenty on offer for you to get involved with safely. We have a series of Wednesday Health and Heritage walks, supplemented on the occasional Saturday with some longer walks including ones in Great Asby on 17th July.
Sound Explorer Project

Cumbrian children have been working with sound artist, Dan Fox, to record pieces of music made entirely from natural sounds collected on a 'sound walk'
Countryside Worker Apprentice Vacancies

We are looking for self-motivated individuals with a strong interest in conservation to work in the beautiful landscape of the Westmorland Dales.
Skills for a Brighter Future

‘Skills for the Future’ is an apprenticeship scheme designed to address shortages in countryside management skills. The first cohort of apprentices has just completed an extensive 18 month programme of training which has seen each of them successfully gaining employment in roles where these skills are needed.
With a Spring in our Step

The last few months have tested us all with lockdown and short winter days. But there has been plenty to enjoy and celebrate too.
Poetry Lessons in the Outdoors

Poet, Harriet Fraser has produced two short films for the Westmorland Dales Landscape Partnership Scheme aimed at primary aged children to inspire poetry linked to trees and the landscape.
Online Landscape Conference 2021 RECORDING

Our Online Landscape Conference took place on Saturday 27th March 2021. The program covered the breadth of our delivery work from natural heritage, archaeology to the areas rich cultural heritage.