Mend the Gap is a collaborative programme between the North Wessex Downs AONB Partnership, the Chilterns Conservation Board and the Railway Action Group. Funded by Network Rail, it aims to heal and soften the scars left by the electrification of the Great Western main line between Reading and Didcot. The route passes along the Thames Valley...
Last month, we were delighted to welcome Dr. Kate Heppell into her new role as Head of Landscape for the Chilterns Conservation Board. Kate has already made a huge impact on the work of the Chilterns Chalk Streams Project, having been working for the River Chess Smarter Water Catchment Project whilst on secondment from Queen...
A chalk stream, far-reaching valley views, a tucked-away Manor House and the mewing of red kites for company on this circular Chess Valley walk.
More than 5,000 farmers and land managers have now benefited from the Farming in Protected Landscapes programme, new figures have shown.
Were you inspired by David Attenborough’s ‘Wild Isles’ to do more to boost UK plants and wildlife? Would you like to make a difference but don’t know where to start? Here are some simple things you can do to make a difference in your own back yard, your own neighbourhood and in the Chilterns,...
We’re pleased to welcome a new Programme Manager who will take the Mend the Gap project forwards, Ruth Staples-Rolfe. Mend the Gap aims to deliver projects and schemes to reduce and compensate for the visual harm done to the Chilterns and North Wessex Downs AONBs by the electrification of the Great Western main line....
