News & Blog

In This Section

If you are a journalist with a general enquiry or would like to find out more about our campaigns, email info@cnp.org.uk or ring 0207 981 0890.

A stitch in time for Snowdonia?

Originally featured in our membership magazine, Viewpoint, John Harold from the Snowdonia Society talks about what the future holds for the National Park.

Sketching the enchanting National Parks

Joe has been doodling National Park scenes since he was a child. Now he’s put them into a colouring book for adults and is donating £1 to us for every book bought!

Climbing to the Peak with bumblebees!

Bees are just about as important as it gets. Sally Cuckney from the Bumblebee Conservation Trust talks about their work in the Peak District to protect them.

Conservation21 - what is new and significant?

Alan Law, Natural England’s chief officer on strategy and reform has blogged about their new strategy, Conservation21.

The Sill: transforming how people engage with the countryside

Tony Gates is the chief executive of the Northumberland National Park Authority. He writes about The Sill, a new flagship discovery centre, opening to visitors later this year.

Bringing trees back to the centre of people’s lives: The Charter for Trees

Campaign for National Parks is one of over 55 organisations signed up to help create the first Charter for Trees, Woods and People in 2017. Sarah Rouse from the Woodland Trust who are heading up the project explains a little more…

Unfinished business – more National Parks for Scotland

Did you know there are only two National Parks in Scotland? John Mayhew from the Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland talks about their campaign to get more.

We need to do much more to ensure our National Parks are packed full of wildlife

Dr Jo Smith is the chief executive of Derbyshire Wildllife Trust and a member of our council. She blogs about the need to make sure our National Parks are packed full of wildlife.

We can’t let major development ruin our National Parks

Ruth Bradshaw, our policy and research manager blogs about why our new report, National Parks - Planning for the Future is fundamental in making sure our Parks are not ruined by major development.

Making the Inaccessible Accessible

Debbie North has blogged about her work as the founder of accessthedales – an organisation committed to creating a countryside for all through the development of wheel-friendly treks for people with poor or no mobility. Debbie discusses some of the challenges she faces.

Investigating the major development test

We've just launched our new report, National Parks - Planning for the Future with the Campaign to Protect Rural England and National Trust. Professor Lynn Crowe from Sheffield Hallam University led on the research to underpin our report and writes more about what they did and what they learnt.

National Parks: My constant inspiration

Earlier this month Janette Ward took over as our chair. She blogs about what inspired her to become chair and her love of National Parks.

Pages