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We are the countryside

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We are the countryside

We’re passionate about making the countryside a better place for everyone to live, work and enjoy.

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What we care about

We want to connect people to the countryside. wherever they live.

Our areas of work

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Get involved

Love the countryside? Want to help us make it even better? Find out how.

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Discover our countryside

Want to know about things to see and do in the countryside near you? We can help.

Explore things to do

Best of the countryside

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CPRE’s Countryside Day on Saturday 7 September

Find out more about the events taking place this weekend,

Countryside for all

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Majority of people value countryside access, CPRE/YouGov polling reveals

The results prove how important the countryside is to people.

What gets built and where

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Government starts consultation on changes to the planning system

Here’s what we want to see.

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Latest news

Countryside for all

Majority of people value countryside access, CPRE/YouGov polling reveals

What gets built and where

CPRE Hertfordshire

New Housing Need algorithm – alarming implications for Hertfordshire

What gets built and where

Worcestershire

Housing in all the Wrong Places

What gets built and where

Staffordshire

Location, location, location – the wrong places for housing?

Hedgerows

Bedfordshire

Get hands-on with hedges in Bedfordshire!

Climate emergency

Cheshire

CPRE Cheshire response to CW&C Climate Emergency Response Plan engagement

Hedgerows

Herefordshire

Hedgerow Heroes: Protecting nature’s lifelines with CPRE Herefordshire

Hedgerows

Sussex

Brighton & Hove Tree Festival

Latest features

Our planning system is changing. Here’s how we want to shape it

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What is the National Planning Policy Framework?

Find out more about the rulebook for planning.

Farthing Downs, an area of Green Belt south of London.

Why ‘land use’ should be a priority for the new government

Land is one of if not the most vital resources we have.

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