Friends of the Geopark

Improving priority rights of way and creating links to provide a joined up network of clear, themed, guided and self- guided walks and cycle routes from urban centres and honeypot sites.

Guides and support for sustainable travel to get to and around Charnwood Forest by rail, bus, cycling and walking.

A community outreach project to enable more people and a wider range of people to engage with Charnwood Forest’s landscape and heritage.

Providing a high quality experience for visitors by improving small scale tourism facilities, the quality and welcome of sites, and the coherence of the visitor offer.

This project will encourage and enable people to explore and research the layers of heritage.

Engaging people through a variety of art forms and events to record and celebrate local heritage, stories and traditions.

An outdoor learning development programme which helps to create outdoor learning facilities and engages learners of all ages to learn in and about the landscape.

Engaging communities in developing an exciting range of interpretive media across all types of heritage for a broad audience.

This project will provoke conversations about produce from the Forest, reduce environmental impacts and food waste and support small producers.

A bigger, better, more joined up approach to managing Charnwood Forest, linking up and extending out from the central area where the best wildlife habitats remain.

Charnwood Forest has a truly distinctive geoheritage rooted in its Precambrian fossils – some of the earliest evidence of animal life.

A project to investigate and map the condition of Charnwood Forest’s dry stone walls to better understand their complex construction and establish how best to care for them.

A project to grow and support a committed team of volunteers actively caring for Charnwood Forest and to better co-ordinate volunteering across the Forest.

Supporting the development of a network of local community interest / friends of groups, providing and signposting them to advice, training and grants to improve skills and capacity building.

Bradgate Park, Beacon Hill and Outwoods are the most visited sites in Charnwood Forest.

The Heritage Skills Training Programme will enable people to develop new skills and support the management of Charnwood Forest’s landscape and heritage assets.