Peak District Press Releases

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Peak District Press Releases

A Car Club for Buxton

We have been really pleased to help establish the Car Club and that the first Club in Buxton is based at the Station. We are keen to encourage sustainable travel and being able to get to and from the station easily without needing to own a car really helps
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Elvaston Castle £35 Million Restoration Project

Elvaston Castle ready for action with scene-stealing £35m restoration Film fans know it as the location of the famous nude wrestling scene in Ken Russell’s 1969 classic version of DH Lawrence's Women in Love’. Now Derbyshire’s Elvaston Castle and its historic landscape are one step closer to realising an ambitious £35m transformation plan. Credit DCC (Derbyshire County Council) Fifty years after actors Oliver Reed and Alan Bates famously grappled each other in the castle’s Hall of the Fair Star, Elvaston Castle & Garden Trust (ECGT), in partnership with Derbyshire County Council, is preparing planning applications to restore the 321-acre estate, including its many listed buildings and historic features.  Dr Peter...
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LIFE in the Ravines partnership project

LIFE in the Ravines partnership project to save woodlands Natural England’s LIFE in the Ravines project is launched today with £5 million of funding. Published 22 December 2020 From: Natural England LIFE in the Ravines partnership project Dovedale in the Peak District Image credit: National Trust The project will restore the ravine woodlands in the Peak District National ParkThe project will tackle ash dieback in the ravines The future of the beautiful ravine woodlands in the Peak District is looking brighter thanks to £5 million in funding. The LIFE in the Ravines partnership project, led by Natural England, will tackle the threat that ash dieback poses to the forested river...
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No BBQs in Open Countryside of the Peak District National Park

National Park Authority confirms barbecues are not permitted anywhere in the open countryside of the Peak District National Park after Moorland Wildfire Following a spate of damaging recent fires, the Peak District National Park has come together with its partners to announce that barbecues and open fires are not permitted anywhere in open countryside throughout the Peak District. As landowner permission is required to light or tend a fire, the Authority has said that all major land owners and key landowner representatives within the Peak District have this week confirmed they do not give their permission and so barbecues and open fires are not allowed. The announcement follows a call...
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Cycle of Success – Pedal Peak District

Pedal Peak District - a Cycle Friendly Peak District The Peak District is now more cycle-friendly than ever before, following more than 24 months of work through the Pedal Peak  District for Business project. Within the Derbyshire area of the Peak District, the project has been working with businesses to raise awareness of how to boost cycling tourism. The £350,000 Pedal Peak District project, led by Peak District National Park Authority (PDNPA) was funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), PDNPA and Derbyshire Dales District Council (DDDC) until 31 March 2019.  The Pedal Peak project was part of the wider £1.49 million Growing and Developing the Visitor Economy within Derbyshire...
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