Community Groups in a Nationally Protected Landscape

Welcome the Community Hub for Cornwall National Landscape.

Community Groups in a Nationally Protected Landscape

You’re never far from Natural Beauty in Cornwall

Help us keep it that way

Cornwall’s landscape, cultural heritage and local distinctiveness directly underpins the economy. The rural economy makes a huge contribution to local communities and the business structure of Cornwall. Living in a rural protected landscape has huge benefits but it is recognised that it also holds some major challenges. There are real pockets of deprivation in Cornwall National Landscape. There are some significant opportunities to work collaboratively with communities to increase social and economic benefits.

Our Projects

The Heart of Natural Beauty - Landscape Connections

The Heart of Natural Beauty - Landscape Connections

Project Description

This is a landmark project bringing together all 12 sections of Cornwall National Landscape. Our aim is to strengthen the living connections between people, place, nature and climate so that Cornwall’s landscapes can thrive for generations to come.

Project Aim

To connect people, place, nature, and climate through digital innovation, amplifying voices and protecting Cornwall’s natural and cultural heritage.

Natural Beauty & The Beast

Natural Beauty & The Beast

Project Description

Bring together the people of Bodmin, Liskeard, Launceston and surrounding areas with the farmers of Bodmin Moor to explore and celebrate the rich nature, history and traditions that connect them.

Project Aim

By working together we can protect this special landscape for wildlife, for the climate and for future generations to enjoy.

Dark Skies Cornwall

Dark Skies Cornwall

Project Description

Under a pitch black starry sky in West Penwith, when sitting by some of the ancient monuments, we are looking at the very sky that 2000 years or more ago our ancestors were looking at. We must protect that sky for future generations....

Project Aim

Preserve and enhance the dark night skies above West Penwith and Bodmin Moor for pleasure, leisure and to support the wellbeing of residents, visitors and wildlife.

A Monumental Improvement

A Monumental Improvement

Project Description

Representing 6,000 years of Cornish history

Project Aim

This five-year project sought to ensure that the 40 Scheduled Monuments in the Cornwall National Landscape were better identified, supported and enjoyed by a wide range of people.

Community Action & Activities in Cornwall National Landscape

From citizen science to habitat creation, community pollinator projects to creative writing workshops our local communities in Cornwall National Landscape are doing some amazing things to support people, place, nature and climate.

Pigshill Wood Restoration

Pigshill and Clarrick Woods is a 66-acre, community-managed woodland on the Rame Peninsula (Section 11). Nestled within Cornwall’s Protected Landscape, the site is also designated as a County Wildlife Site…

The Grower Ltd – Human Beaver Project

The Grower specialises in growing and supplying trees and hedging through regenerative farming practices and is a pioneer of environmental diversification within a traditional farm model. To date, The Grower…

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benefit to people

People

Effective demonstration that people’s needs can be met fully in sustainable ways that can enhance natural beauty. Local people are supported for health and wellbeing benefits.

benefit to place

Place

Support the sustainable management of the protected landscape to benefit local communities e.g. allotments, agroforestry and community growing initiatives in ways that respond to, and enhance, landscape character.

benefit to nature

Nature

Supporting local communities, via our partners and projects, with local nature recovery and building biodiversity from grass verges to nature connections.

benefit to climate

Climate

Supporting local communities, via our partners and projects, to do more to mitigate the effects of, and build resilience to climate change. From natural flood management to proactive climate action.

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Education Resources

In this Education Pack you will find information about bees, different types of bee and their lifecycle. You'll find curriculum based activities which incorporate the core subjects of maths and English. The pack provides key facts to increase knowledge about solitary bees and how they differ from other species of bee in Cornwall. The pack is aimed at years 1-8, Key Stage 1 - 3. This Education Pack was created as part of the Wheal Buzzy project, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Education Resources

In this Education Pack you will find information about bees, different types of bee and their lifecycle. You'll find curriculum based activities which incorporate the core subjects of maths and English. The pack provides key facts to increase knowledge about solitary bees and how they differ from other species of bee in Cornwall. The pack is aimed at years 1-8, Key Stage 1 - 3. This Education Pack was created as part of the Wheal Buzzy project, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

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