Colin Courtney is the new Chair of the Chilterns Conservation Board. Here are his thoughts as he steps up to the role.
Father’s day is fast approaching – are you behind with getting a gift? Our top ten Chilterns gift ideas will come to your rescue. If you’re last minute person, or you’re feeling uninspired by snap buying your dad yet another pack of socks or selection pack of beers, never fear, we have put together...
Landscape plays a huge role in determining the form and function of buildings, not least windmills and watermills. Having just spent the weekend in a 18th century watermill, it’s timely that National Mills Weekend is upon us. They are such evocative spaces with their exposed beams, tight corners, graffiti and scruff marks from their past...
Chiltern Open Air Museum’s Accompanied Walks 2023 programme kicks off this April, running on Wednesdays and Fridays until October. The project provides an opportunity for members of the community who need some encouragement and support, or have little or no opportunity, to venture outdoors and interact with other people. This year, the project aims...
We’re delighted to be supporting the Earth Trust to work with Oxfordshire employment charity ‘Aspire’, on a project to bring those at risk of homelessness and disadvantage closer to nature. Recent data shows that if a person is unemployed, living in an area of high deprivation or has a low income, they are significantly less...
In the Chiltern Hills and Berkshire Downs, almost 200 communities and 70,000 properties are at risk of groundwater flooding. Due to groundwater flooding typically affecting small rural communities, it can be hard for people to support one another. It also means that groundwater flooding often fails to qualify for flood management funding.
