Water
Barkbooth Lot Nature Reserve Featured
www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.ukBarkbooth Lot is situated near the head of the Winster Valley and includes rough fell land, oak woodland and meadow. The reserve has been extended recently, doubling its size and staff have worked to repair walls and fences and add gates. Livestock a ...
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Cross Lakes Experience Featured
www.lakedistrict.gov.uk/crosslakesNurture Lakeland supports and promotes alternative methods of transport in the Lake District. As well as reducing congestion this project hopes to reduce carbon emissions and the effect on our climate. The Cross Lakes Experience is an integrated acces ...
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Cumbria Outdoors Sustainability Programme Featured
www.cumbriaoutdoors.comThe Cumbria Outdoors Sustainability Programme delivers hands-on environmental education to school children across Cumbria. The programme offers 3-5 day residential courses to groups of primary school children, encouraging them to think about sustainab ...
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Cumbria Water Vole Project Featured
www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.ukWork has been underway to protect the water vole in Cumbria, as the animal that inspired the beloved character 'Ratty' from the Wind in the Willows has become Britain’s fastest declining mammal. Once common and widespread, water vole numbers have plummete ...
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Elterwater Riverside Walk Featured
www.lakedistrict.gov.ukMembers of Nurture Lakeland are working with the National Park and the National Trust to help save one of the Lake District’s most loved paths. The bridleway alongside Great Langdale Beck at Elterwater is a popular and scenic walk in the Langdale valle ...
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Experience the River Featured
www.scrt.org.ukSouth Cumbria Rivers Trust works to protect and conserve the aquatic environments of South Cumbria. In order to achieve this they provide a local education programme aimed at giving the both the local population and visitors an appreciation of our waters ...
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Flora of the Fells Featured
www.floraofthefells.comFlora of the Fells is about getting people of all ages and backgrounds involved with Cumbria’s outstanding landscapes. Landscape, wildlife and people go hand in hand so it’s vital that people get to know and love their local area and learn how to protect ...
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Friar’s Crag path Featured
www.nationaltrust.org.ukFriar’s Crag is Keswick’s beautiful lakeshore path and one of the best loved, most walked upon routes in England. Derwentwater is famed as the setting for many of the novels of Beatrix Potter, including Squirrel Nutkin. As a result many fans are inspired ...
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Lake District Osprey Project Featured
www.ospreywatch.co.ukIn 2001 ospreys made a momentous return to the Lake District, after being extinct in England for decades. The ospreys now return from Africa to their nest near Bassenthwaite Lake each spring and more than 19 chicks have fledged since they returned. The vi ...
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Smardale Gill Nature Reserve Featured
www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.ukSmardale Gill National Nature Reserve runs along a section of disused railway line and is dominated by the magnificent structure of Smardale Viaduct. The railway cuttings and embankments have developed into limestone grassland and are rich in plant specie ...
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Staveley Riverside Walk Featured
www.lakedistrict.gov.ukThis project is part of the National Park’s Miles Without Stiles Scheme to improve access for people with limited mobility by upgrading rights of way. This includes people in wheelchairs, parents with pushchairs and visually impaired people. The project ...
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