Millions of people visit the Peak District each year, making it one of the nation’s best-loved landscapes. Many visit one of the special places owned and cared for by the National Trust including Dovedale and Mam Tor.
© NTPL / Joe Cornish
The Peak District is accessible to a large number of people who take part in a variety of activities including walking, climbing or simply enjoying the peace and tranquillity.
The National Trust, by protecting and maintaining access to its land in the Peak District, has been providing ‘breathing spaces’ like these for over 100 years. However, there is a continuing need for more conservation work to be done. And it can be expensive work.
We need your help
Each year, for every acre of land under our protection, we spend £30 on landscape conservation and the improvement of access to the countryside.
About one-third of the money we spend in this way is met by subscriptions – people supporting the National Trust by becoming members. The role of our members in supporting countryside conservation is, therefore, vital.
© NTPL / Joe Cornish
Restoring the peat bogs
The moors of the Peak District are home to internationally important peat bogs, which can act as vital carbon stores for the UK. These peat bogs are under threat as a result of wild fires, atmospheric pollution, intensive burning of the moors, overgrazing and the many trail routes that thousands of visitors have trodden over the years.
The changing nature of our climate, leading to increased occurrence of fires and extremely heavy rainfall, has also exacerbated the problems.
The National Trust has been working in partnership with Moors for the Future to stabilise the quality of the peat bogs and try to halt the loss of this important natural resource. Without a sustained programme to prevent further damage and erosion to the peat the amount of carbon released into the atmosphere will accelerate. With enough investment these peat bogs will once again act as a store of carbon and help prevent climate change. We need your help now.
© NTPL / Joe Cornish
Other projects include
- Providing better education facilities and continuing the work of our Education Wardens, who help to bring our properties to life for all visitors from surrounding towns and cities.
- Maintaining and conserving the unique character and special features of the Peak District. For example, re-planting hedgerows in the Edale Valley or repairing drystone walls across the Peak District, which costs £30 per metre.
- Recently, the challenges facing us were exasperated by the fires that spread across the Peak District - just sending up a helicopter to help put the fires out costs in the region of £8,000 per day.
The Peak District landscape needs to continue to be actively conserved and managed in order to maintain its unique appeal. We need your help to do that.
Donations (cheques payable to ‘The National Trust’) can be sent to Karen Frampton at:
The National Trust
East Midlands Regional Office
Clumber Park Stableyard
Worksop
Nottinghamshire, S80 3BE
|
