Land & landscape

We look after 250,000 hectares of countryside and more than 775 miles of coastline, keeping them accessible for future generations

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Greylag geese on Orford Ness

Our plan to restore nature at our places 

Find out more about our ambitious plans to restore nature at our places, creating 25,000 hectares of new wildlife habitats by 2025.

Playing our part
Peat-free flowers at Morden Hall Park Garden Centre

Going peat-free 

How important is it for gardeners to go peat-free and protect our precious peatlands around the world?

Dan Jones and his sheepdogs on the Great Orme

Wildlife and farming on the Great Orme 

We're working with farmer Dan Jones and his flock of sheep to look after rare wildlife at Parc Farm on the Great Orme.

Discover more about this Snowdonia farm
Ranger with a pick-axe working on footpath repairs, South Ridge of Snowdon in the background.

Snowdonia's fragile natural wonders need our support 

Snowdonia's rangers are constantly working to maintain the pathways, now, after completing their most extensive review of the landscape to date, they urgently need your help to get repairs underway on two and a half miles of the path network.

Common Blue Butterfly

2016: A review of the year's weather and wildlife 

Bee and butterfly numbers have slumped after 2016 brought a tenth year of unsettled weather. Grass grew at an extraordinary rate - good news for farmers making hay and silage, but bad for the insects that rely on patches of bare ground to breed.

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Dee Gathorne-Hardy, our area ranger at Ickworth, Suffolk

Inspired by trees at Ickworth 

Dee Gathorne-Hardy's love of trees began in the tropical climes of Malaysia. Today he works with other rangers and volunteers managing the woodland in the grounds of this 18th century mansion. They use woodchip to power the estate's biomass boiler.

Meet the tree-loving ranger
A view of flooded fields from Glastonbury Tor, Somerset

Living with change - managing water and flooding 

We examine the ways climate change has impacted on the north coast of Somerset, and how we're responding.

More on our flood planning

Focus on...

The River Ouse flooding at Sheffield Park

Why we care about planning 

We care about the protection of the places that matter. That's why the work we do with the land-use planning is so important.

A stretch of the Great Orme coastline in Wales

Love the coast 

Continuing our plan to save the coastline for the nation, a stretch of the Great Orme in North Wales is now in our care. We also have a new coastal vision in place to secure the future of our coastal paths.

Conservation stories

The gorse-covered cliff-land at Dinas Oleu, our very first acquisition

Uncover the history of our places 

This mapping tool allows you to see our places as they came into our care, find the ones closest to you and learn about their histories.

Looking out over the Croome estate

Restoring the estate which transformed the English landscape 

We’ve embarked on a project to restore the groundbreaking, Capability Brown designed parkland at Croome. This masterpiece inspired estates and gardens across the country, transforming the face of the English landscape.

Solar panels, used to power lighting, on the roof of Brancaster Millennium Activity Centre, Norfolk

Renewables at our places 

A new Archimedes screw restores hydroelectricity to Cragside in Northumberland, the first house in the world ever to use it.

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