Big well done to our engagement trainee Steph on winning Young Changemaker at the CPRE awards! @CumbriaCrack story here:

cumbriacrack.com/2026/10/30/lak…

Should pop up campsites require a planning application? The LDNPA are undergoing a public consultation about the issue. Read our blog here: friendsofthelakedistrict.org.uk/news/pop-up-ca…
#campsites #LakeDistrict #planning

Two Friends of the Lake District, Cumbrian-based, conservation workers and a project in Threlkeld have been shortlisted for @CPRE awards!

Read all about the awards and the nominations here: friendsofthelakedistrict.org.uk/news/cpre-shor…

We’re delighted that we've been shortlisted for @CPRE Centenary National Awards! 🙌

Not once but thrice! Well done to former staff member (now volunteer) Jack, our engagement trainee Steph and to everyone involved with Dam Mire Wood! Details here:

cpre.org.uk/cpre-awards-me…

A warm welcome to our new Chief Executive Colin Walker! In this short video, Colin pays a visit to Dam Mire Wood in Threlkeld (land cared for by Friends) where he introduces himself and speaks a little bit about the issues and opportunities that lie ahead in the coming year.

Happy birthday @fixthefells! 🎉This week, we met up with the professional rangers, the amazing volunteers, partners, staff and supporters to celebrate 25 years!

@NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @lakesfoundation @NECumbria

Following recent news reports, we're gathering details of people's concerns about #popupcampsites in the #LakeDistrict. Are you aware of a temporary campsite near you? If so, send us the details using the link at the bottom this blog

loom.ly/Qg4QWOY

Last chance to enter our photo competition! - mailchi.mp/fld.org.uk/sen…

We're excited to introduce you to our new CEO! Colin Walker, who lives near Penrith, joins us from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit, where he has been responsible for their transport policy.

friendsofthelakedistrict.org.uk/news/our-new-c…

#LakeDistrict #News

Read why Friends of the Lake District believes that the new five-year plan for the Lake District National Park, due to be adopted on 24 June, represents a step backwards in relation to its ambitions for transport.

#LakeDistrict #transport

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Share your best Lake District and Cumbria scenes for our 2026 photo competition!
friendsofthelakedistrict.org.uk/photo-competit…
#photography #competition #lakedistrict #cumbria

Snap Happy? Share Your Stunning Landscapes! - mailchi.mp/fld.org.uk/sen…

We wanted to take a moment to give a big shout out to the amazing #volunteers who are helping with the #rainforest woodland restoration in Rusland. Here's a little video about two of 'em.

Happy #EarthDay! We're so excited to be part of this year's #EarthRaise from #BigGive. We're raising money to help restore temperate rainforest woodland in the Rusland Valley, Lake District - and you can double the difference this week with every pound you donate!

Webinar - Protecting Communities in Protected Landscapes: rethinking housing in National Parks
Tuesday 14 April 6pm

Sign up here: loom.ly/QWLXUBM

#FairerHomes #Webinar #Events #NationalParks

Find out more and book on:
Hedgerows for Healthy Livestock: loom.ly/yw1Rq2Y
Hedgerow Management & Surveying Training Day: loom.ly/5J6f8ss

#free #training #advice #farming #sfi #funding #survey #hedge #hedgerow #hedgerowheroes #livestock #friendsoflakes #CPRE

A big thank you to everyone who came out to plant with us last Saturday at St. Peter's Church in Askham!

Click here to see more volunteer events: friendsofthelakedistrict.org.uk/Pages/Events/

#askham #hedge #events #community #volunteering #planting #gardening #CPRE #friendsoflakes #hedgerowheroes

Looking for our latest news? Come and find us on Insta, Facebook, LinkedIn, Bluesky and YouTube. Links on our website. #FriendsoftheLakes

Plans for 2026? Come & join us for some volunteering. Fresh air, good company and of course - cake! All in stunning Cumbrian locations in glorious (if sometimes wet) weather.

#winterblues #volunteering #opportunities #landscape

Photos: George Carr Media

There's still time to #HaveYourSay on the future of the #LakeDistrict!
The Lake District National Park Partnership is developing a new five year management plan. You’re invited to have your say on whether you think the objectives for the draft plan are the right priorities.

Want to get out into the great #Cumbrian #landscape but live too far away or just can't make it outside during this icy weather? Then make a brew, sit back and explore some of the land that we look after using our virtual tours!

Amazing work by Aerial Artwork.

Thanks to all our members, supporters, donors and volunteers for everything they have done this year! Our offices are now closed until 5 Jan. If you need to contact us urgently please email our info at address (see our website). Otherwise we'll see you in 2026!

📸Chris Howe

A huge thank you to all the volunteers who helped us plant 330m of hedges at Eden Yard near Penrith! Farmers Ben and Yannike were fantastic hosts and kept us fed with homemade cakes 🍰

#FriendsofLakes #CPRE #HedgerowHeroes #TreePlanting #Hedges #Volunteer

Laying hedges is an important part of their management cycle. To learn more about hedgerow management, check out the leaflets on our website here: loom.ly/32Up6AM

#CPRE #HedgerowHeroes #LandManagement #hedge #HedgeLaying #crafts #rural #countryside #skills #chainsaw

Sedbergh Tree Planting Group doing an amazing job planting with us at Ecobarn near Dent.

This planting session is part of our ongoing Hedgerow Heroes project: loom.ly/32Up6AM

#HedgerowHeroes #CPRE #FriendsofLakes #TreePlanting #Hedges #Sedbergh #Volunteer #Volunteering

On the 6th of Dec we had 11 trainees out with us at Lockbank Farm, learning to lay an advanced hedge with trainers Pete and John.

If you're interested in training with us or want to find out more about our Hedgerow Heroes project, see our website.

#HedgerowHeroes #CPRE #hedge

The last workparty volunteer day of 2025 took place on the Helm near Oxenholme this week. Big thanks to the some 310 people who have given us around 2,000 hours of time on our land this year!

#volunteers #bigthanks #cumbria #joinus

Life is short, take the scenic route
#InternationalMountainDay
#Loughrigg. 📷@JonnyGios

This week our volunteers got into the prickly business of gorse control at the Helm, as well some tree planting.
Read more in our Land Manager's Diary

We're looking for a Finance & Operations Controller to provide direction and management of all our finance and central resources functions.

#jobs #recruitment #finance #workforus

In December 2015 #StormDesmond wrought devastating damage on the landscapes and communities of #Cumbria. We commissioned a short film to show the impact of flooding events on a community. Watch the full film on our YouTube channel.

Get fit, have fun and feel great! Join our hedge planting #volunteer days. 💪🌿 Tuesday 9 Dec at Eden Yard Farm, a family run mixed farm near Penrith and Cumbria’s first producer of cold-pressed extra virgin rapeseed oil, for which they recently won a British #Farming Award.

Volunteer opportunity this Saturday! Help looks after Rusland wood - no experience needed. You may get wet and muddy, but they'll be cake, conversation and some good views (if you're lucky!)

#weekend #volunteers #woodlands

Proud to be supporting a new short course with the @CumbriaUni: develop your skills in collaborative land management - from nature recovery to flood management - with the University's Collaborative Practices in Land Management course
#courses #landmanagement #Cumbria

New Year, New Job? ⚠️ We're looking for a Finance & Operations Controller to provide direction and management of all our finance and central resources functions.

#jobs #recruitment #finance #workforus

Jan reveals volunteer efforts in woods, tree planting, seed propagation, and poetic connections to landscape in her latest blog - including a fascinating visit to Gosling Sike nursery as part of an important seed bank project.

#latestblog #seedbank #volunteer #landscape_joy

64% of our butterfly species can be found in hedgerows - bees, moths, beetles & other insects rely on hedges for nectar, food, and overwintering sites.
This winter we’re planting 2,300 m of new native hedgerows (that's 14,000 new trees). #NationalTreeWeek
@CPRE @treecounciluk

Recruitment ⚠️ We're looking for a Finance & Operations Controller to provide direction and management of all our finance and central resources functions.

#jobs #recruitment #finance #workforus

Hedgerows are critically important to 130 endangered species in the UK, including the song thrush & hedgehog.
This winter we’re planting 2,300 m of new native mixed species hedgerows (that's 14,000 hedge plants = new trees). #NationalTreeWeek
#HedgerowHeroes @CPRE @treecounciluk

We welcome the news that Mayors will be empowered to introduce an overnight stay charge to mitigate the impacts of tourism.

#thelakedistrict #budget2025 #visitorlevy

Victory as planning permission for a resort at Roanhead is denied, safeguarding ecological sites and cherished landscapes for future generations!

Well done 👏 to everyone involved in this wonderful result!

#saveroanhead #landscapematters #natterjacktoads

Roanhead saved! Big congratulations to everyone involved in this brilliant result! More details coming soon....

#saveroanhead #landscapematters

A big thank you to the volunteers from across Cumbria that joined Friends of the Lake District for a day of hedge planting @alpacaly basecamp on Tuesday! 🙌

More events: loom.ly/2U4ux00

#friendsofthelakedistrict #CPRE #hedgerowheroes #thelakedistrict #volunteer #hedge

The proposal for 233-holiday lodge resort at Roanhead, on the west coast of the Furness peninsula, has been recommended for refusal.

@saveroanhead @RSPBEngland @cumbriawildlife @ARC_Bytes @ntsandscalehaws

#landscapematters #saveroanhead

Land Manager's Diary 12 November 2025: Just a little bit of mud……..
Our walling volunteers battle the mud at Mazonwath, and the Dam Mire willow den gets a haircut.
#conservationvolunteers
#drystonewalling #DamMireWood #Threlkeld

#Volunteers wanted for our hedge planting day at Eden Yard Farm near Penrith! (Mon 24 Nov & Tue 9 Dec). No experience necessary. 🦙🥪🍰
@CumbriaCVS @ACTCumbria
#hedgerowheroes @CPRE The countryside charity💪🌿

As we await a possible decision on the Roanhead development at the end of November, here's an interview with some folks from Save Roanhead - published in last year's Conserving Lakeland magazine... see thread...
#SaveRoanhead #landscapematters #natterjacks

#volunteer for us - a chance to meet new people, learn new skills and help look after the land we care for
11/11/25: Dam Mire Wood (near Keswick), General Management
19/11/25: Gillside Wood (near Ambleside), Woodland Management

🔔Apologies if you were hoping to join us and the Cockermouth Astro Society this weekend in Keswick. Due to, among other things, forecasted cloud cover and the state of the park after recent rain, this event has been cancelled. 😪 We'll be back!

CPRE are currently running a survey about how best to connect young people who are part of the CPRE network! If you are a member with us or with CPRE and between the ages 18-35, please fill free to fill it out and share your ideas.

#youngpeople #FriendsoftheLakeDistrict #CPRE

Illegal parking is a massive problem but ever more #carparks are not the answer. We need an approach that looks at travel and transport strategically and ensures decisions bring us closer to a sustainable, integrated transport system.

It’s #TrusteesWeek! The time of year when we celebrate the amazing contribution made by trustees for their charities and recognise the difference they make. Thanks to all our trustees who #volunteer their time to help us thrive!

🔔Missed our Gift in Will webinar? Learn about the importance of leaving a Will, how gifts in Wills can help with your tax bill, and how you can help look after Lake District and Cumbria landscapes for generations to come.

#lastingimpact #thelakedistrict #giftsinwills