Protecting, Promoting & Regenerating

The Countryside Regeneration Trust protects, promotes, and regenerates our land and all life on it, by bringing people and properties together to make everyone a friend of the countryside.

With farmland wildlife in decline, small farms are struggling to survive, and the future of our wild spaces is in jeopardy, our work has become more important than ever.

The skylark has declined by 50% over the past 40 years across Europe.
The small blue butterfly has declined in the UK by 30% since the 1970s.
Hedgehog numbers have declined by more than half since 2000.

As a result of our regenerative farming and conservation initiatives, yellow hammer populations have increased by 25 % on Lark Rise Farm, Cambridgeshire.

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Pierrepont Farm Tenancy

A rare opportunity to tender for the tenancy of Pierrepont Farm has become available. Tender documents are available for all interested parties.

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Author: Hayley Neal

Be a Friend of the CRT

Become a Friend of the CRT and help recover native wildlife on British farmlands.

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Author: Hayley Neal

Volunteer with the CRT

Would you like to help wildlife and do your bit to create a landscape bursting with life? To enjoy quiet time connecting with nature to benefit your wellbeing, or to get stuck into exciting conservation projects with a friendly team? To learn new skills or develop existing ones? Whatever motivates you to consider volunteering, we’d love to have you in our team.

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Author: Hayley Neal

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Our work in numbers 

In 2022 the Countryside Regeneration Trust has achieved:

3,150+

 hours of conservation work carried out by Volunteers

800+

hours of wildlife surveys by Wildlife Monitors

560+

 people took part in walks or talks on our sites.

500+

 children enjoyed outdoor learning with Mosaic.

Volunteer for the CRT

Would you like to help wildlife and do your bit to create a landscape bursting with life? To enjoy quiet time connecting with nature to benefit your wellbeing, or to get stuck into exciting conservation projects with a friendly team? To learn new skills or develop existing ones? Whatever motivates you to consider volunteering, we’d love to have you in our team.

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Author: Adam Warren

Online Talks

Join our series of six free online talks led by experts; from bats and wildflower meadows to hazel dormice, and wildlife photography. Talks take place online at 7pm on the first Wednesday of every month from October to March.

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Author: Hayley Neal

Get it from the horse's mouth

  • CRT's Response to State of Nature report

    In response the the State of Nature 2023 report, the CRT are calling for nationwide adoption of regenerative and nature-friendly farming practices. Read more

  • New rail link to destroy important habitat at Lark Rise Farm

    The preferred route for the East West Rail development linking Cambridge to Bedford will devastate nationally important farmland habitat on the Countryside Regeneration Trust’s Lark Rise Farm. Read more

  • Shaping the future at Bere marsh Farm

    Since taking on the running of Dorset’s Bere Marsh Farm, we’ve been immortalising the progress made by staff and volunteers alike through a series of short films. We’ve now launched our third film in the series, called Bere Marsh Farm: Shaping The Future. Read more

  • A step in the right direction

    With new, nature-friendly farming incentives and an Environmental Improvement Plan from the UK Government, we discuss whether agriculture is at a turning point. Read more