Resources
Explore our library of guides and reports
A selection of Friends of the Lake District’s reports and guides.
Reports and guides
Below is a selection of our most recent reports and guides. These are in PDF format and clicking on the name below will download the file. We’ll be adding to this library in the coming months.
Who Pays for the Lake District? (2024)
This research was carried out by sustainable tourism specialist Dr Davina Stanford and commissioned by Friends of the Lake District. It identifies where…
Fairer Housing, Stronger Communities (2026)
The growth in short-term holiday lets and second homes in and around the Lake District National Park is a key contributor to an…
Primary Lighting Principles
Some easy things that anyone can do to help keep our skies dark at night.
Good Lighting Technical Advice Note (TAN)
The TAN provides technical lighting guidance to planners, applicants, architects, developers, electricians, property owners, communities and lighting professionals to support them in applying…
Hows Wood Multiple Capitals Report (2025)
The Little Asby Common multiple capital report generated substantial debate and discussion amongst landscape management stakeholders at the regional and national level. Additionally,…
Public appetites for the future of the Lake District’s transport system summary (2024)
Key findings from the report Where do you want to get to? Public appetites for the future of the Lake District’s transport system?
Public appetites for the future of the Lake District’s transport system (2024)
Where do you want to get to? Public appetites for the future of the Lake District’s transport system reveals that people want to…
Little Asby Multiple Capitals Report (2023)
A Multiple Capitals Account (MCA) is a mechanism designed to value all the benefits a landscape provides for society. It supplies significantly more…
Litter and anti-social behaviour (2021)
in 2021 Friends of the Lake District commissioned Keep Britain Tidy to do research into the problem of litter and anti-social behaviour in…
Rerouting Expectations: Future transport options in the Lake District (2019)
A report on a sustainable transport conference organised by Friends of the Lake District/
Whole Valley Planning Guides (2013)
The Whole Valley Planning project explored the feasibility of whether land management could be integrated across a whole valley, based on community led…
Who Pays for the Lake District? (2024)
This research was carried out by sustainable tourism specialist Dr Davina Stanford and commissioned by Friends of the Lake District. It identifies where…
Fairer Housing, Stronger Communities (2026)
The growth in short-term holiday lets and second homes in and around the Lake District National Park is a key contributor to an…
Primary Lighting Principles
Some easy things that anyone can do to help keep our skies dark at night.
Good Lighting Technical Advice Note (TAN)
The TAN provides technical lighting guidance to planners, applicants, architects, developers, electricians, property owners, communities and lighting professionals to support them in applying…
Hows Wood Multiple Capitals Report (2025)
The Little Asby Common multiple capital report generated substantial debate and discussion amongst landscape management stakeholders at the regional and national level. Additionally,…
Public appetites for the future of the Lake District’s transport system summary (2024)
Key findings from the report Where do you want to get to? Public appetites for the future of the Lake District’s transport system?
Public appetites for the future of the Lake District’s transport system (2024)
Where do you want to get to? Public appetites for the future of the Lake District’s transport system reveals that people want to…
Little Asby Multiple Capitals Report (2023)
A Multiple Capitals Account (MCA) is a mechanism designed to value all the benefits a landscape provides for society. It supplies significantly more…
Litter and anti-social behaviour (2021)
in 2021 Friends of the Lake District commissioned Keep Britain Tidy to do research into the problem of litter and anti-social behaviour in…
Rerouting Expectations: Future transport options in the Lake District (2019)
A report on a sustainable transport conference organised by Friends of the Lake District/
Whole Valley Planning Guides (2013)
The Whole Valley Planning project explored the feasibility of whether land management could be integrated across a whole valley, based on community led…