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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...

Annual General Meeting 2021 report

Almost 40 Members attended our 87th (and second via Zoom) AGM on 2 July. Attendance was up on the previous year with the remote format allowing some Members at distance to attend for the first time.
Collective Community Cumbria Clean Up sees 800 volunteers take part

Almost 800 volunteer litter pickers took part in this year’s Great Cumbrian Litter Pick, with 75 groups across Cumbria covering 311 km gathering over 500 bags of rubbish.
Lord Judd

We were very sad to hear of the death of Lord Frank Judd.
Free landscape training for outdoor leaders

Our series of free landscape training events for outdoor leaders will start again in May following an enforced break in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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.