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We are the countryside charity

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

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

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Latest news

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2025 photo competition – open for entries

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Landscapes

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Restoring Somerset’s historic signposts

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Dark skies

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Our night with the stars

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Fundraising

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Lottery Club Winners

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What gets built and where

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Our fight goes on to protect Exmoor coastal path from bad development

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Cleaner countryside

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Meet Scott, the litter volunteer cleaning up Merriott every day

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Events

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Building better places event – November 2024

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Renewable energy

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Farmland under siege from solar

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2024 photo competition – our winners

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What gets built and where

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Will new housing targets actually fix our housing crisis?

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Cleaner countryside - our litter project

Join our #2minute litterpick project

Can you spare 2 minutes to clean up your countryside?

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Meet Scott, the litter volunteer cleaning up Merriott every day

Scott’s daily clean ups are making a difference to his village

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Our litter project gets a boost with a generous donation from SUEZ

Recycling contractor has donated 60 litterpicking kits for our volunteers

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We’re helping Marine Conservation Society to track sources of ocean litter

We are recording different types of litter as part of national project

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Our young litter superstars

Students at schools around Somerset have been cleaning up their local area as part of their Duke of Edinburgh Awards

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Sponsor a litterpicking kit for just £20

A £20 donation will provide a litterpicking kit for one of our volunteers

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