We are the countryside

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We are the countryside

We’re passionate about making the countryside a better place for everyone to live, work and enjoy.

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What we care about

We want to connect people to the countryside. wherever they live.

Our areas of work

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Get involved

Love the countryside? Want to help us make it even better? Find out how.

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Discover our countryside

Want to know about things to see and do in the countryside near you? We can help.

Explore things to do

Local transport

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Our reaction to the autumn budget 2024

Find out our key learnings from the Labour Party Conference.

CPRE's director of policy and advocacy Elli Moody with David Baines MP

Labour Party Annual Conference: our key takeaways

Find out our key learnings from the Labour Party Conference.

Rural communities

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CPRE submits response to consultation on planning system

Find out more about our response to the NPPF consultation.

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Latest news

Renewable energy

Report calls for reform to planning system for UK’s clean energy transition

Hedgerows

Bedfordshire

Hedgerow Heroes in Maulden

About CPRE Herefordshire

Herefordshire

CPRE Herefordshire’s Dark Skies project wins international award!

About CPRE

Berkshire

Countryside Day 2024 raises CPRE’s profile

Landscapes

Wiltshire

Success for the Broken Bridges Project

Cleaner countryside

Hampshire

Ensuring Your Waste Disposal Service is Trustworthy

What gets built and where

Hampshire

Our Views: What the NPPF could mean for Hampshire

Homes people can afford

Sussex

CPRE Sussex calls for more genuinely affordable rented housing

Latest features

COP29: Five ways government can deliver climate action for the countryside

COP:29 Five ways government can deliver climate action for the countryside

Heather plants at Coniston, Cumbria

Our planning system is changing. Here’s how we want to shape it

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What is the National Planning Policy Framework?

Find out more about the rulebook for planning.

Farthing Downs, an area of Green Belt south of London.