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Grasmere School's Handy Guide to Cracking the Countryside Code

The children at Grasmere School want to welcome everyone back to the Lake District, and they have some handy tips to help you enjoy your visit. Respect... Protect... Enjoy...
Guess the Bird: British Bird Calls

How well do you know British bird calls and songs? In this guess the sound video you will hear 30 different songs/ calls from a variety of different British birds and one or two rare visiting species.
A Postcard from the Lakes 1st April 2021

Cumbria ‘LED-ing’ the way with street light programme, Ambleside ‘Big Switch Off’, changes to planning policy on landscape, trees and natural flood management, Guess the Bird Calls, Local Plan Inspectors’ report published, Poetry lessons in the outdoors.
Dramatic Reduction in Light Pollution During Lockdown

A nationwide Star Count conducted in February has revealed a significant drop in light pollution levels across the UK.

Virtual Dark Skies Festival to Light Up Your Screens

The Cumbria Dark Skies Festival promises to light up our February evenings with a spectacular array of online events celebrating the wonders of the night sky.
It is in the toughest of times that we find out who our true friends are

Thank you for your kindness in this extraordinary year. With all our best wishes for Christmas and the New Year.
National Tree Week

It's National Tree Week - the UK’s largest annual tree celebration, and the start of the winter tree planting season. To celebrate we want to see your favourite trees - in Cumbria and further afield - and tell us why.
Prime Minister calls for increase in UK’s protected land

We welcome Prime Minister Boris Johnson's pledge to protect an extra 400,000 hectares of English countryside by 2030, as part of the United Nations' Leaders’ Pledge for Nature.
Learn about the Lakes online

For many, the lockdown has given us space to slow down and find new ways of spending time. Learning something new is a great way of keeping our minds active. So if you’ve ever wanted to delve deeper into the Lake District, here are a few ideas for online learning.
Volunteers’ successful fight against alien invaders

Last Saturday, 72 intrepid volunteers set to work among the bracken around Rydal to rid the area of a Himalayan balsam invasion.
July Newsletter 2019

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Call to Fight the Aliens

Join our ‘Fight the Aliens – Big Balsam Bash’ event which takes place around Rydal on Saturday 20th July.
Cumbrian Clean Up Success

An army of over 1000 willing volunteers joined in with our ‘Great Cumbrian Litter Pick 2019’ on 26 and 27 April collecting 270 bags of rubbish at 46 separate litter picks to help clean up the county.
We can still make a difference - Arctic explorer Paul Rose’s message about Climate Change

Fresh from a litter pick earlier that day, guest speaker, Arctic explorer and our patron Paul Rose gave our Kirby Lecture on Friday