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A view of a flat landscape. A yellow field meets the sea in the far distance. Closer there are shadows of people, seven of them in a line with their arms held high above their heads looking celebratory.
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Green Social Prescribing in Northumberland Coast National Landscape

Farming in Protected Landscapes grant funds project using nature to support mental and physical wellbeing.

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A man working inside a byre - a long low barn with an open side. He's in shorts, a hi viz jacket and blue hard hat. He's sawing a piece of wood.
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Revitalising Heritage: Transforming Historic Barns in the Howardian Hills National Landscape

Three Farming in Protected Landscapes-funded building restorations in the Howardian Hills have preserved centuries of agricultural heritage.

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A group of people feed a small herd of sheep on a hillside. Hills roll off into the distance and the sky is blue and cloudy.
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Building the Nature Buddies network

Farming in Protected Landscapes funded project opens up Dorset’s working farms to community groups facing barriers to the countryside

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A man in wellies looks into a microscope inside a small building.
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Farming in Protected Landscapes funded lab helps farmers care for their flocks

Parasite infestations are a major challenge, but a group of sheep farmers in Blackdown Hills National Landscape are managing the issue sustainably.

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Island Pond Restoration on the Isle of Wight

A Farming in Protected Landscapes grant helped create new habitats for rare species and restore the historic landscape of the area.

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Inside a long barn. The walls and floor are a warm orange brick colour. Above are wooden roofing struts. A windo at the far end lets in light.
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Top prize for FIPL funded barn restoration in Chichester Harbour National Landscape

New life for 18th Century Grade II* Listed North Barn at Itchenor Park Farm.

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A drone shot with three archaeological trenches in the foreground. The trenches are fairly large, one of them has about eight people working in it and plenty of space. The landscape carries on into the distance with hedge edged fields and a bright blue tarn
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Largest Viking Age building ever discovered in Britain revealed

A Farming in Protected Landscapes funded archaeology project in Solway Coast National Landscape has revealed Britain's largest ever Viking Age find

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A group of people in a field all looking away from the camera. One has a yellow hi viz jacket on. A woman at the back of the group is wearing a pink jacket, jackets and black wellies, she has a brown dog on a lead. Black cows are stading near to the group.
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Shropshire Hills farm project reduces flood risk and cleans up water

Coppice Farm in Upper Onny was awarded Farming in Protected Landscapes funding for measures to improve water quality

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Work undertaken as part of Cornwall Monumental Improvement Project removes neolithic King Arthur's Hall from heritage at-risk list

National Lottery Heritage Fund project dates monument at 4000 years older than previously thought

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