We also run events for local people and visitors to discover more about farming, wildlife and history of Cumbria through our Flora of the Fells

Helping others look after this special place Through our Environmental Improvement Grants we help communities with small scale projects that enhance their local environment, such as drystone walling, funding for new hedgerows and restoration of traditional fingerpost sign posts and historical features such as the Butter Cross at High Ireby. Visitors come to Cumbria for its beautiful countryside and our grants help people enjoy and appreciate it – a direct contribution to tourism.

Our rural roads project aims to declutter and de-urbanise roads in the countryside by removing unnecessary road signs and street furniture, slowing traffic down and keeping the countryside and rural villages from becoming too ‘urbanised’.

Butter Cross High Ireby	Drystone wall at Grasmere school.