AHI is the key UK forum for anyone interested
in interpretation.
www.heritageinterpretation.org.uk
Production of innovative interpretation
for heritage sites and the countryside utilising MP3 players, iPods,
mobile phones and GPS recievers
www.audiotrails.co.uk
Web site of Peak District National Park
Authority part time Ranger John Fielding who assists with our restoration
work on Bleaklow - some good images.
http://pic2.piczo.com/bleaklowjohn/?g=15383270&cr=2
The BMC is the representative body promoting
the interests of climbers, hill walkers and mountaineers.
www.thebmc.co.uk
BTCV is the UK’s largest practical
conservation charity.
www.btcv.org
Butts & Gum specialises in supplying
butts and gum pocket ash trays pouches. We have been utilising this
product as an aid to preventing moorland fires.
www.buttsandgum.com
In order to maintain the moorlands
in the Cairngorms National Park the Cairngorms Moorland Project
has two main aims:
- The demonstration of best moorland
management practice
- Education of the general public into the importance of moorlands
www.cairngormsmoorlands.co.uk/index.htm
A site to enable you to car share
around Derbyshire.The site also gives other useful travel and transport
information.
www.carsharederbyshire.com
This site provides information about
access to open country in the Peak District National Park. The web
pages explain who will benefit from the new right of access, what
walkers’ responsibilities are, included advice on what you
can do and how to stay safe, as well as interesting facts and figures.
www.peakdistrict.org/crow
The Countryside Agency was established
by the Government in 1999 primarily to conserve and enhance England’s
countryside.
www.countryside.org.uk
This site provides information on the
new countryside code and how and where to access the countryside.
www.countrysideaccess.gov.uk
or telephone 0845 100 3298
The CMA is an organisation for professionals
involved in countryside and urban green space management in England
and Wales.
www.countrysidemanagement.org.uk
The Countryside Recreation Network (CRN)
- is a network which covers the UK and the Republic of Ireland and
encourages liaison, good practice and joint research between the
funding government agencies. The network produces the Countryside
Recreation Journal three times a year, which is free to subscribers.
www.countrysiderecreation.org.uk
The CTC is a national organisation
working for cyclists and cycling in the UK.
www.ctc.org.uk
An independent guide to the Peak
District National Park and Derbyshire.
www.derbyshire-peakdistrict.co.uk
A searchable database for UK volunteering
opportunities. Find out all you need to know to become a volunteer.
www.do-it.org.uk
A community web site provided by the
Dore Village Society (on the edge of the Peak District National
Park).
www.dorevillage.co.uk
The Environment Agency is the public
body responsible for protecting and improving the environment in
England and Wales.
www.environment-agency.gov.uk
The Forestry Commission is the government
department responsible for forestry policy throughout Great Britain.
www.forestry.gov.uk
Communicating the challenges and opportunities
presented by climate change to farmers and growers.
www.farmingfutures.org.uk
Gardom’s Edge landscape project
explores the ways of life of people who lived and labored in the
Derbyshire Peak District from the Neolithic to the Iron Age.
www.shef.ac.uk/uni/projects/geap
A site packed with ‘Great British
weather’ links.
www.greatweather.co.uk
The Heather Trust is a charity that
promotes moorland management across the whole of the UK. The Trust
is not a conservation body; it encourages sound management and seeks
to apply science to develop and / or promote appropriate management
techniques. The Trust deals with practical issues and often finds
itself working between groups with different objectives, but with
a common interest in moorland.
www.heathertrust.co.uk
The Hope Valley and High Peak
Transport Partnership (HVHPTP) is a consortium of local authorities,
transport providers, community groups and businesses which share
the common aims of promoting and enhancing public transport services
in the Hope Valley and High Peak areas of Derbyshire.
www.hvhptp.org
For what to do and where to go in the
Peak District.
www.visitpeakdistrict.com
Bakewell;
The Old Market Hall
Bridge Street
Bakewell
DE45 1DS
Tel: 01629 816558
E: bakewell@peakdistrict.gov.uk
Castleton;
Buxton Road
Castleton
S33 8WN
Tel: 01433 620679
E: castleton@peakdistrict.gov.uk
Edale (The Moorland Centre);
Main Street
Edale
S33 8WN
Tel: 01433 670207
E: edale@peakdistrict.gov.uk
The IPS is an international organisation
dedicated to fostering the advancement, exchange and communication
of scientific, technical and social knowledge and understanding
for the wise use of peatlands and peat.
www.peatsociety.fi
The JNCC is the UK Government's wildlife
adviser, undertaking national and international conservation work
on behalf of the three country nature conservation agencies English
Nature, Scottish Natural Heritage and the Countryside Council for
Wales. The following pages take you direct to the candidate Special
Area of Conservation entry for the South Pennines and the general
SPA page:
http://www.jncc.gov.uk/ProtectedSites/SACselection/SAC.asp?EUCode=UK0030280
http://www.jncc.gov.uk/ProtectedSites/spa/default.htm
Peak District Accommodation
and Tourist Guide
http://www.peakdistrict-nationalpark.com
The Levels and Moors Partnership (LAMP)
brings together local communities, local authorities, rural agencies
and interest groups to promote good management of the Levels and
Moors and celebrate its working landscape by local communities and
visitors. The Partnership has developed an influential voice for
the rural communities and is able to advise partners how their policies
may affect local people.
www.somersetlevels.org.uk
liftshare.org…helps people
trace others locally who regularly do the same drive, helping you
to save travel costs whilst doing 'your bit' for the environment.
www.liftshare.org
Multi-Agency geographic information
for the countryside.
www.magic.gov.uk
The Moorland Association was
set up in 1986 to coordinate the efforts of moorland owners and
managers to halt the decline of heather moorland.
www.moorlandassociation.org
MR ICT provides a wide range of information
technology solutions for both home and business users. Solutions
include on site support, web design, web hosting and consultancy.
www.mrict.co.uk
NAEE is the association for all who
are professionally concerned with any aspect of education and the
environment.
www.naee.org.uk
National Trails provide over 2,500 miles
(4,000km) of the nation’s favourite rambles and rides, offering
some of the best walking, riding and cycling experiences in the
country.
www.nationaltrail.co.uk
There are two natural area profiles
that cover the Peak District moorland areas - Dark Peak and South
West Peak.
Dark Peak:
http://www.english-nature.org.uk/science/natural/NA_Details.asp?NA_ID=25&S=dark+peak&R=0
South West Peak:
http://www.english-nature.org.uk/science/natural/NA_Details.asp?NA_ID=29&S=south+west+peak&R=0
A comprehensive UK countryside and nature
conservation site.
www.naturenet.net
This site provides owners and managers
of access land with information about the new access arrangements
and advice on how to manage public access.
www.openaccess.gov.uk
A co-operative of local farmers in the
Peak District, delivering you the very best quality beef and lamb
fresh from the Peak District direct to your door.
www.peakchoice.co.uk
An independent group that meets regularly
to review and advise the National Park Authority and Derbyshire
County Council on improvements to public access to the countryside
of the Peak District.
www.peakdistrict.org/access
Offering holiday accomodation, local
visitor attractions and much, much more.
www.peakdistrictonline.co.uk
Launched in June 1992, the Peak District
Rural Deprivation Forum is a network of about 250 Peak District
residents and workers who are concerned to tackle the problems of
hidden deprivation in the area.
www.pdrdf.org.uk
The mountain weather information service
for the Peak District National Park.
www.mwis.org.uk/mountain/PD.PDF
Your guide to the best of the Peak District’s
natural and cultural heritage.
www.peak-experience.org.uk
The Ramblers Association is Britain’s
biggest organisation representing walkers.
www.ramblers.org.uk
Derby & South Derbyshire Group of the
Ramblers' Association - Working for walkers. www.derbyramblers.org.uk
The RSPB is dedicated to developing
a public interest in wild birds and their place in nature.
www.rspb.org.uk
The RELU programme aims to advance understanding
of the challenges faced in rural areas.
www.relu.ac.uk
SNH’s task is to secure the conservation
and enhancement of Scotland’s unique and precious natural
heritage.
www.snh.org.uk
For general background on SSSIs:
http://www.english-nature.org.uk/Special/sssi/
A map showing SSSIs in England with links
to the information behind them is at:
http://www.natureonthemap.org.uk/map.aspx?m=sssi
Following are links to the four large moorland
SSSIs in the Peak District:
Details of the Dark Peak SSSI:
http://www.english-nature.org.uk/Special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=1003028
Details of the Eastern Peak District Moors
SSSI:
http://www.english-nature.org.uk/Special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=2000354
Details of the Leek Moors SSSI:
http://www.english-nature.org.uk/Special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=1003770
Details of the Goyt Valley SSSI:
http://www.english-nature.org.uk/Special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=1002841
A song making project with six Derbyshire
villages.
www.songsonthemap.blogspot.com
Details of the 608 Special Areas of
Conservation in the UK
www.jncc.gov.uk/protectedsites/SACselection/SAC_list.asp
Combining knowledge from local stakeholders,
policy-makers and social and natural sciences to anticipate, monitor
and sustainably manage rural change in the UK uplands.
www.env.leeds.ac.uk/sustainableuplands
TRANSPEAK WALKS was formed in early
2005 to take over the responsibility, from The Hope Valley &
High Peak Transport Partnership, for running and co-ordinating the
varied programme of guided walks based on the use of public transport
to access the Peak District National Park.
www.transpeakwalks.co.uk
A comprehensive public transport site.
Log in and plan your journey.
www.traveline.org.uk
ECN is the UK's integrated environmental
monitoring programme. It collects, stores, analyses and interprets
long-term data on a set of key variables which drive and repsond
to environmental change.
www.ecn.ac.uk
This voluntary service provides information
on all things to do with UK Wildlife, from identification of flora
and fauna through to contact information for specialist charities,
organisations and welfare groups.
www.wildlifehelpline.org.uk
Volunteering England works to promote
volunteering as a powerful force for change, both for those who
volunteer and for the wider community.
www.volunteering.org.uk
The Woodland Trust is the UK’s
leading conservation charity dedicated to the protection of our
native woodland heritage.
www.woodland-trust.org.uk
Please note the Moors for the Future
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