North Pennines National Landscape

The digital direction of peatland restoration: automation and digital twins
2024-02-21 11:55 - 13:30 (Europe/London) | Online
Join us for an online webinar, hosted by EUROPARC Atlantic Isles, on Wednesday 21 February, 11.55am to 13.30pm.
The UK rapidly needs to increase its peatland restoration efforts to meet climate change and biodiversity targets. A major part of the solution lies in increasing financial resources, but another route is for restoration practitioners to embrace digital technologies to improve the efficiency of restoration. Using remote sensing data and custom-built GIS models/scripts, it is now possible to automatically map erosional peatland features, such as hagg edges, in seconds/minutes compared to days/weeks of manual work. Combining automated outputs with digital twins then allows for an immersive quality checking process and restoration interventions to be decided on from the desk rather than via labour-intensive field surveys.
The North Pennines National Landscape is the second largest of the 38 National Landscapes (previously known as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, AONBs) in England and Wales, containing approximately 900 km2 of peatland which has been historically drained and degraded. The North Pennines National Landscape team has been successfully restoring these peatlands since 2006.
Please book using the link https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3839597293371806810

Wild Wednesday - weaving with willow
2024-02-21 10:30 - 12:30 | Bowlees Visitor Centre
Wild Wednesdays are activities suitable for children aged five and over to enjoy and be creative. The first Wild Wednesday of 2024 is being held on 21 February, 10.30am to 12.30pm, at Bowlees Visitor Centre.
The activity is a willow weaving workshop with local artist Jackie Carnell. Join us during half term to weave a fish mobile using natural materials to take home with you.
All materials and equipment will be provided. This indoor activity is suitable for children over five years old however younger siblings are welcome but do not need to book. All children must be supervised by an adult.
Please use the Ticketsource link to book

Delivered as part of the Tees-Swale:naturally connected programme. Tees-Swale is funded by the National Heritage Lottery Fund and led by the North Pennines National Landscape team in collaboration with the Yorkshire Dale National Park.

Hedge planting
2024-02-17 10:00 - 16:00 | Unity Farm, Brampton
Volunteer to plant hedges on Unity Farm in Brampton planting a diverse hedge mix to boost the farm’s biodiversity as well as creating vital habitat highways for wildlife. We’ll be working with a group of volunteers on Saturday 17 February between 10am to 4pm improving habitats as part of the Brampton 2 Zero project.
Suitable for ages 16+, under 18s must be accompanied by an adult. Please wear appropriate footwear and clothing for working outdoors, and bring gloves. Please bring flasks with hot drinks, snacks, and packed lunch. If you have any appropriate tools, feel free to bring them along.
For more information please email Dylan Hardy or call 07704147690.
To sign up please use the Better Impact volunteer system

Fellfoot Radio workshop
2024-02-15 11:00 - 16:00 | Kirkoswald Methodist chapel, Kirkoswald, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 1DQ
Come and learn how to create radio programmes that can be broadcast on Fellfoot Radio.
Fellfoot Radio is an online radio stream sharing audio programmes produced by over 500 artists, creatives and residents, including five primary schools, from across the Fellfoot Forward area of Cumbria. It features everything from interviews, to musical performances, to field recordings of the natural landscape. It is a unique aural exploration of the landscape and the lives lived in this beautiful part of the world. You can listen here.
At this workshop you will learn:

More about Fellfoot Radio, and how you can get involved in sharing an audio programme that explores this landscape.
Practical tips and techniques on how to record a good quality interview, using only your phone. This session will be led by BBC broadcaster Helen Millican.
How to publish programmes using the Radio.co online radio platform.

Suitable for age 18+. No previous experience of sound recording or broadcasting is required.
A light lunch and hot drinks will be provided.

Fellfoot Radio is part of a community arts project delivered by the Fellfoot Forward Landscape Partnership Scheme and funded by Arts Council England and Westmorland and Furness Council.
The Fellfoot Forward Landscape Partnership Scheme is led by the North Pennines National Landscape and funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Tree planting
2024-02-12 10:00 - 15:00 | Bowes
Join us at a farm near Bowes to undertake tree planting on 12 February, 10am to 3pm. Volunteers are welcome to leave earlier if needed. We will be planting a selection of native broadleaved trees and a small section of predominately hawthorn hedge.
All ages are welcome, children must be supervised by adult. Outdoor clothing to be worn and bring waterproofs. Thick gloves are beneficial for handling guards but can be provided. Please wear boots with a sturdy sole. All training and equipment will be provided. A general level of fitness is needed. A light lunch will be provided but please bring any drinks and snacks.
Please sign up using the Better Impact volunteer platform.

Hedge planting
2024-02-10 10:00 - 14:30 | Greenside Farm, Brampton, CA8 2PX
Volunteer to plant hedges at Greenside Farm, Brampton, Cumbria on Saturday 10 February, 10am to 2.30pm. We’ll be working with a group of volunteers to improve habitats by planting a diverse hedge mix to boost the farm’s biodiversity as well as creating vital habitat highways for wildlife. This is part of the Fellfoot Forward scheme’s Wild Connections project.
Suitable for ages 16+, under 18s must be accompanied by an adult. Please wear appropriate footwear and clothing for working outdoors, and bring gloves. Please bring flasks with hot drinks, snacks, and packed lunch. If you have any appropriate tools, feel free to bring them along. For more information please contact dylan@northpennines.org.uk / 07704147690
Sign up using the Better Impact volunteer system

Hedge and tree planting
2024-02-06 10:00 - 15:30 | Baldersdale
Join us at a farm in Baldersdale on 6 February, 10am to 3.30pm, to help plant a broadleaved hedge mix of predominately hawthorn and a small number of native trees.
All training and equipment will be provided. Please wear outdoor clothing, bring waterproofs and wear boots with a sturdy sole. The activity is open to all but a general level of fitness needed. All children must be supervised by an adult.
A light lunch will be provided but please bring any drinks and snacks. You are welcome to leave earlier if needed. Please contact patrick@northpennines.org.uk for more information or if you have a query.
Please sign up using the Better Impact volunteer system

Hedge management event
2024-02-03 10:00 - 14:30 | High Hill Farm
Volunteer to plant hedges at High Hall Farm, Croglin on 3 February, 10am to 2.30pm. We’ll be working with a group of volunteers to improve habitats by planting a diverse hedge mix to boost the farm’s biodiversity as well as creating vital habitat highways for wildlife. This is part of the Fellfoot Forward Wild Connections project.
Suitable for ages 16+, under 18s must be accompanied by an adult. Please wear appropriate footwear and clothing for working outdoors, and bring gloves,flasks with hot drinks, snacks, and packed lunch. If you have any appropriate tools, feel free to bring them along. For more information please contact dylan@northpennines.org.uk / 07704147690
Sign up using the Better Impact volunteer system

Volunteer day at Bowlees Tree Nursery
2024-01-31 13:00 - 16:00 | Bowlees Visitor Centre
Volunteer at Bowlees Wildflower and Tree Nursery on the last Wednesday of each month from 1pm – 4pm. The next session is on 31 January.
You can help with our nature recovery work by seed collecting and sowing, potting on and watering plants. For more information email molly@northpennines.org.uk.
Sign up on the volunteer platform Better Impact
Delivered as part of the Tees-Swale: naturally connected programme. Tees-Swale is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and led by the North Pennines National Landscape team in collaboration with the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

Hedge planting
2024-01-31 10:00 - 13:00 | Newbiggin
Join us at a farm near Newbiggin to undertake hedge planting on 31 January, 10am to 1pm. Volunteers are welcome to leave earlier if needed.
All ages are welcome, children must be supervised by adult. Outdoor clothing to be worn and bring waterproofs. Thick gloves are beneficial for handling guards but can be provided. Please wear boots with a sturdy sole. All training and equipment will be provided. A general level of fitness is needed. A light lunch will be provided but please bring any drinks and snacks.
Please sign up using the Better Impact volunteer platform.

Saturday stroll - a guided walk
2024-01-27 10:30 - 12:30 | Frosterley
Join us for a guided walk at a relaxed pace on the last Saturday of each month. The walk on 27 January will start at 10.30am and finishing at approximately 12.30pm. The location for this walk is Frosterley.
All ages are welcome (children must be accompanied by an adult and must be able to walk or be carried as the paths may not be suitable for pushchairs). Well behaved dogs on a short lead are welcome. The walks will be approximately 3 miles in length on mostly flat ground and with rest breaks along the way.
Please book using the Ticketsource link below.

Hedge planting
2024-01-27 10:00 - 14:30 | Cannerheugh Farm, Nr Penrith
Join us planting hedges at Cannerheugh Farm, near Renwick and Gamblesby in Cumbria, on Saturday 27 January, 10am to 2.30pm. We’ll be working with a group of volunteers to improve habitats by planting a diverse hedge mix to boost the farm’s biodiversity as well as creating vital habitat highways for wildlife. This is part of the Fellfoot Forward scheme’s Wild Connections project.
Suitable for ages 16+, under 18s must be accompanied by an adult. Please wear appropriate footwear and clothing for working outdoors, and bring gloves. Please bring flasks with hot drinks, snacks, and packed lunch. If you have any appropriate tools, feel free to bring them along. For more information please contact dylan@northpennines.org.uk / 07704147690
Sign up using the Better Impact volunteer system

Hedge and tree planting
2024-01-22 10:00 - 15:30, 2024-01-21 10:00 - 15:30 | Baldersdale
Join us at a farm near Baldersdale to undertake tree and hedge planting on 21 & 22 January 10am to 3.30pm. We will be planting a broadleaved hedge mix of predominately hawthorn and a small number of native trees.
A light lunch will be provided but please bring any drinks and snacks. All ages are welcome, children must be supervised by adult. All training and equipment will be provided. Please wear outdoor clothing and bring waterproofs, and wear boots with a sturdy sole. A general level of fitness needed. Exact location will be confirmed at least 48 hours prior to the event.
Please sign up using the Better Impact volunteer platform.

Hedge planting
2024-01-20 10:00 - 16:00 | Unity Farm, Brampton
Volunteer to plant hedges on Unity Farm in Brampton planting a diverse hedge mix to boost the farm’s biodiversity as well as creating vital habitat highways for wildlife. We’ll be working with a group of volunteers on Saturday 20 January between 10am to 4pm improving habitats as part of the Brampton 2 Zero project.
Suitable for ages 16+, under 18s must be accompanied by an adult. Please wear appropriate footwear and clothing for working outdoors, and bring gloves. Please bring flasks with hot drinks, snacks, and packed lunch. If you have any appropriate tools, feel free to bring them along.
For more information please email Dylan Hardy or call 07704147690. To sign up please use the Better Impact volunteer system.
We are also planting at Unity Farm on Saturday 17 February, find out more here.

Fellfoot Forward hedge planting
2024-01-13 10:00 - 14:30 | Blunderfield farm, Kirkoswald, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 1EX, United Kingdom
We are inviting families and volunteers to join us at Blunderfield Farm, Kirkoswald, helping to connect the landscape through planting hedges. As well as getting some fresh air and exercise, you’ll also be helping to bolster local wildlife, using a diverse hedge mix to boost the farm’s biodiversity as well as create vital habitat highways for wildlife.
The event will run from 10am to approximately 2.30pm and volunteers are welcome to join for all or part of the day. Suitable for all ages, under 16s must be supervised by adults.
Please bring clothing appropriate for the day’s weather, which is likely to require warm, waterproof clothing and sturdy footwear. Work gloves and tools will be provided. Hot drinks and snacks will be provided but please bring lunch, snacks and a flask for hot drinks. Booking is essential.
Blunderfield Farm, Kirkoswald CA10 1EX
Parking available at farmyard.
Please sign up to our volunteer system, Better Impact, here. Once accepted, you will be able to see volunteer opportunities and sign up to the hedge planting session.
If you are already on Better Impact, sign into your profile here and then sign up to the hedge planting session.
For any further information, please email Dylan Hardy.

Tree planting
2024-01-11 10:00 - 15:30 | Scargill
Join us at a farm near Scargill to undertake tree planting on 11 January, 10am-3.30pm. Volunteers are welcome to leave earlier if needed. We will be planting a mix of native trees and scrub in stockproof “cactus” guards.
All ages are welcome, children must be supervised by adult. Outdoor clothing to be worn and bring waterproofs. Thick gloves are beneficial for handling guards but can be provided. Please wear boots with a sturdy sole. All training and equipment will be provided. A general level of fitness is needed. A light lunch will be provided but please bring any drinks and snacks.
Please sign up using the Better Impact volunteer platform.

Saturday stroll - a guided walk
2023-12-30 10:30 - 12:30 | Blanchland
Join us for a guided walk at a relaxed pace on the last Saturday of each month.
The location of the winter walk on 30 December, 10.30am to 12.30pm, is Blanchland. We will follow a circular route passing the historic features that lie on the outskirts of the village; concentrating on the mining history of the area. Following the walk you are welcome to join us for hot drinks and festive cakes.
All ages are welcome (children must be accompanied by an adult and must be able to walk or be carried as the paths may not be suitable for pushchairs). Well-behaved dogs on a short lead are welcome. The exact meeting location will be confirmed nearer the date.
Please note that this walk is subject to weather conditions and minimum booking numbers being met.
Please book using the Ticketsource link below.

Photogrammetry practice day
2023-12-19 10:00 - 16:00 | Nenthead Mines
Join us for a photogrammetry skills practice day at Nenthead mines on 19 December, 10am to 4pm. This opportunity is suitable for those volunteers who attended the two day photogrammetry workshop held in May.
The day is running as a drop in session giving the chance to practice taking photographs throughout the historic site and run the images through photogrammetric software.
Please book using the Better Impact volunteer system

Fellfoot Forward family hedge planting
2023-12-16 10:00 - 14:30 | Clement Leazes, Crossgates Road, Hallbankgate, Cumbria, CA8 2PF
We are inviting families and volunteers to join us at Clement Leazes, Hallbankgate, helping to connect the landscape through planting hedges. As well as getting some fresh air and exercise, you’ll also be helping to bolster local wildlife, using a diverse hedge mix to boost the farm’s biodiversity as well as create vital habitat highways for wildlife.
The event will run from 10am to approximately 2.30pm and volunteers are welcome to join for all or part of the day. Suitable for all ages, under 16s must be supervised by adults.
Please bring clothing appropriate for the day’s weather, which is likely to require warm, waterproof clothing and sturdy footwear. Work gloves and tools will be provided. Tea, coffee and lunch will be provided but please bring snacks, drinks and a flask for hot drinks. Booking is essential.
Clement Leazes, Crossgates Road, Hallbankgate, Brampton, CA8 2PF
Grid ref: NY 58112 59309 / W3W: ///useful.fear.underline
Parking available at farmyard.
Please sign up to our volunteer system, Better Impact, here. Once accepted, you will be able to see volunteer opportunities and sign up to the hedge planting session.
If you are already on Better Impact, sign into your profile here and then sign up to the hedge planting session.
For any further information, please email Dylan Hardy.

Coaster distribution (Fellfoot Forward)
2023-12-16 09:15 - 15:45 | Hallbankgate Hub Community shop
Help us share our 24/7 broadcast featuring sounds and voices recorded in the Fellfoot Forward landscape in Cumbria. We have printed coasters to be used in venues across the Fellfoot area to promote Fellfoot Radio.
If you can distribute these in your local community, pubs, village halls, cafes, schools and more, please drop in to the Hallbankgate Hub Community shop to collect your allocation and let us know which area you can cover. Please call in from 16 December 2023 up to 2 March 2024.
Radio is a unique sound experience, uncovering a very special part of North East Cumbria it’s people and places.

Please sign up using the volunteer system Better Impact.

Secrets of the stones – Long Meg
2023-12-14 19:30 - 21:00 | Online
Join us online 14 December, 7.30pm to 9pm, as archaeologist Paul Frodsham discusses the past, present and future of Long Meg complex in the light of recent research; including the intriguing results of the 2023 geological survey.
The event will also feature the launch of the new Friends of Long Meg website, together with details of how you can sign up as a Friend.
Please use the Ticketsource link to book.

Annual Forum 2023
2023-12-13 19:00 - 21:00 | Online
The North Pennines National Landscape’s Annual Forum is an opportunity to find out about some of the recent and upcoming work of the National Landscape staff team and to discuss matters relating to the future well-being of our natural and cultural heritage. We are running the event online once again, and hope that this allows as many people as possible to join us.
This year, as well as a more general round up of our main areas of work and some of the issues facing National Landscapes, there will be a focus on what makes a 21st century protected landscape. You will hear from team members working on projects to benefit people, climate and nature.
This year’s panel discussion will consider the future for our national landscapes. Look out for announcements of our panel in the coming weeks.
To round off the event, the 2023 winner of the ‘Pendlebury Award’ (in memory of the Partnership’s first chairman, Cllr. Bob Pendlebury) will be announced, marking an outstanding achievement in conserving the National Landscape or helping others to explore, enjoy and understand this special place.
Booking is essential and full joining details will be shared with registered attendees in the week leading up to the forum. Please book by Monday 11 December.
Please use the Ticketsource link to book

Hedge and tree planting
2023-12-09 10:00 - 15:30, 2023-12-08 10:00 - 15:30 | Eggleston
Join us at a farm near Eggleston to undertake tree and hedge planting on 8 & 9 December 10am to 3.30pm. We will be planting a broadleaved hedge mix of predominately hawthorn and a small number of native trees.
A light lunch will be provided but please bring any drinks and snacks. All ages are welcome, children must be supervised by adult. All training and equipment will be provided. Please wear outdoor clothing and bring waterproofs, and wear boots with a sturdy sole. A general level of fitness needed. There will be plenty more opportunities to volunteer in the New Year.
Please sign up using the Better Impact volunteer platform.

Fellfoot Forward hedge planting
2023-12-02 10:00 - 14:30 | Croglin High Hall Farm, Armathwaite, Cumbria, CA4 9SG, United Kingdom
Postponed.
Join us and a group of volunteers to connect the landscape through planting hedges at Croglin High Hall, near Armathwaite. As well as getting some fresh air and exercise, you’ll also be helping to bolster local wildlife and carbon sequestration, using a diverse hedge mix to boost the farm’s biodiversity as well as create vital habitat highways for wildlife.
The event will run from 10am to approximately 2.30pm and volunteers are welcome to join for all or part of the day. Suitable for all ages, under 16s must be supervised by adults.
Please bring clothing appropriate for the day’s weather, which is likely to require warm, waterproof clothing and sturdy footwear. Work gloves and tools will be provided. Tea, coffee and lunch will be provided but please bring snacks, drinks and a flask for hot drinks. Booking is essential.
Croglin High Hall, Armathwaite CA4 9SG
Grid Ref: NY 56085 45796 / W3W: ///expel.thighs.seashell
Parking available at farm
Please sign up to our volunteer system, Better Impact, here. Once accepted, you will be able to see volunteer opportunities and sign up to the hedge planting session.
If you are already on Better Impact, sign into your profile here and then sign up to the hedge planting session.
For any further information, please email Dylan Hardy.

Farming and nature talk: What we didn’t know
2023-11-29 19:30 - 22:00 | Moorcock Inn, DL12 0AU
This winter we are holding a series of evening talks with a general theme of the links between farming and nature. Held at The Moorcock in Eggleston, the hour-long talks will be followed by a half hour discussion.
‘What we didn’t know’, led by Nic Renison, is the third talk in the series on 29 November and will be followed by the presentation of the High Nature Value Farming Awards. Please arrive from 7.15pm ahead of the talk starting at 7.30pm.
Nic Renison will talk about her farming journey, from dairy farming, working within the industry, moving to an upland sheep and beef farm in the Pennines in 2012. Realising the conventional system wasn’t going to pay the mortgage, big changes have happened over the last 10 years at the farm Cannerheugh, both between the ears and in the field.
High Nature Value Farming Awards ceremony, 9-10pm. At this last talk of the series, we will be presenting the High Nature Value Farming Awards to the winners.
Everyone welcome, booking required. If you are a Tees-Swale farmer you can come to this talk for free, please email Ruth Keddle-Starr or Patrick Oulton to get the code.

Delivered as part of the Tees-Swale: Naturally Connected programme. Tees-Swale is funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund and led by the North Pennines National Landscape team in collaboration with the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

Volunteer day at Bowlees Tree Nursery
2023-11-29 13:00 - 16:00 | Bowlees Visitor Centre
Volunteer at Bowlees Wildflower and Tree Nursery on the last Wednesday of each month from 1pm – 4pm.
You can help with our nature recovery work by seed collecting and sowing, potting on and watering plants. For more information email molly@northpennines.org.uk.
Sign up on the volunteer platform Better Impact
Delivered as part of the Tees-Swale: naturally connected programme. Tees-Swale is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and led by the North Pennines National Landscape team in collaboration with the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

Tree seed sowing
2023-11-29 10:00 - 13:00 | Bowlees Visitor Centre
Join us at the Bowlees Visitor Centre on 29 November, 10am to 1pm, for a session sowing seeds collected from local provenance trees. These will be grown on at the Tree & Wildflower nursery before being planted out as part of the Tees-Swale: naturally connected programme
At this session we will be focussing on juniper and alder.
Sign up using the Better Impact volunteer platform.

North Pennines Tourism Forum 2023: Spotlight on Fellfoot Forward
2023-11-29 09:30 - 14:30 | Kirkoswald Church Institute, Kirkoswald, Cumbria, CA10 1DQ, United Kingdom
This year the North Pennines National Landscape team is inviting tourism businesses and organisations to enjoy an immersive experience in the Fellfoot Forward scheme area. We will be highlighting ways to help your visitors discover, enjoy, and connect with this distinctive landscape.
The forum is aimed at tourism businesses in and near to the North Pennines National Landscape & UNESCO Global Geopark, but may be of wider community interest. We are keen to see you at the event if you live or work in the Fellfoot Forward scheme area. Tickets £10 (including lunch and refreshments), advance booking is essential via the Ticketsource link below.

Discover
Delegates will be invited to discover the settlement of Kirkoswald with a knowledgeable local guide, experience part of a new ‘slow trail’ walking route and learn how to spot winter wildlife.
On top of this, we will have an North Pennines National Landscape-wide visitor economy update, including some exciting national news. There will also be tourism updates from our partner organisations.
Fellfoot Forward
The North Pennines National Landscape’s Fellfoot Forward Landscape Partnership Scheme is supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, and represents an ongoing partnership between organisations, local communities, and individuals, to conserve, enhance and champion this outstanding working landscape and its rural community.
Running north from Melmerby to Hallbankgate, the Fellfoot Forward scheme area stretches along the Cumbrian fellside of the North Pennines National Landscape and UNESCO Global Geopark to the River Eden.
The scheme is in its final year and this interactive event will showcase the Fellfoot Forward area’s visitor economy activity. Delegates will find out how stories, past and present, can connect people to landscape, and explore how visitors to the area can share in this unique experience.
The 2023 North Pennines Tourism Forum is in association with the North Pennines National Landscape’s Fellfoot Forward Landscape Partnership Scheme, supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
