Friends of the Peak District

The Friends of the Peak District is a UK registered charity which campaigns to protect England's Peak District National Park. The organisation is a branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), whose purpose is "to promote and encourage for the benefit of the public the improvement and protection of the English countryside and the better development of the rural environment".[1]

Friends of the Peak District
MottoLove the Peak? Help us protect it
PredecessorSheffield and the Peak District branch of CPRE
Formation1924
FounderEthel Haythornthwaite
TypeCharitable organisation
Registration no.Registered charity number: 1094975
HeadquartersVictoria Hall, 37 Stafford Road, Sheffield, S2 2SF
Region
England
Membership
1,000
President
Dame Fiona Reynolds
Chair
Chris Heard
Chief Executive
Tomo Thompson
Staff
5
Volunteers
c.30
WebsiteOfficial website

Background

The area covered by the branch includes: the Peak District National Park; the Derbyshire High Peak; the parishes of Barlow, Holmesfield, Dronfield, Eckington, Unstone and Killamarsh in the North East Derbyshire District Council and the Metropolitan Districts of Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley and Doncaster.[2]

Founded by Ethel Haythornthwaite, the charity began as the Sheffield Association for the Protection of Local Scenery in 1924 and became a branch of the Council for the Preservation of Rural England representing Sheffield and the Peak District in 1927. In 1938, the branch was instrumental in establishing the Sheffield Green Belt, the first in the country; in 1951, the Peak District became the UK’s first National Park. The charity rebranded itself as Friends of the Peak District in 2002 but still represents CPRE in the Peak District and South Yorkshire.[3]

Stanage Edge near Hathersage

The Friends of the Peak District is also a member of the Campaign for National Parks.[4]

TV presenter Julia Bradbury was President of the charity from 2008 to 2016 and remains a Vice President.[5]

In 2017, the Friends of the Peak District launched the Peak District Boundary Walk in Buxton. It is a 200-mile long distance route which circumnavigates the National Park.[6]

The charity's campaign papers from the 1920s to the 1990s were given to the Derbyshire Record Office in 2007.[7]

Campaigns

The Friends' current campaigns include:[8]

References
  1. "Friends of the Peak District". Friends of the Peak District. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  2. "Who We Are". Friends of the Peak District. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  3. Jones, Melvyn (2001). Protecting the Beautiful Frame: A History of the Sheffield, Peak District and South Yorkshire Branch of the Council for the Protection of Rural England. Hallamshire Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-1874718611.
  4. "Peak District National Park | Campaign for National Parks". www.cnp.org.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  5. "News from Around the Parks - Spring 2016" (PDF). Campaign for National Parks. 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  6. "Boundary Walk". Friends of the Peak District. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  7. "D6860 - Friends of the Peak District". calmview.derbyshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  8. "Campaigns". Friends of the Peak District. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
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