This evening, the John Clare Countryside partnership will gather partners and supporters in the Knights’ Chamber at Peterborough Cathedral to mark an important milestone in the project’s growth. The event will look ahead to the next phase of this ambitious landscape‑scale initiative, highlighting plans to expand nature recovery, strengthen community access and deepen the project’s
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Steve Zealand
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Helen Prangue
Mayor backs tourism in John Clare Countryside
The elected mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough visited Castor Hanglands last month to trumpet the area’s nature recovery and visitor economy potential. Paul Bristow, who leads the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, paid a visit to John Clare Countryside this October, giving his backing to a Local Visitor Economy Partnership to promote the area. The
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Nature-friendly makeover for Etton paddocks bears fruit
Just three years after they were planted, hedgerows and young trees in once-neglected pony paddocks are providing vital food and shelter for wildlife. Back in January 2022, fifteen volunteers turned out at a neglected set of paddocks, just outside the village of Etton, near Peterborough. Over the next three days, they created over 200 metres
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New fencing for Bainton’s historic sheepwash
The replacement of medieval-style fencing marks the completion of a community-led project to create wildlife habitats. For centuries, every summer, Bainton’s shepherds herded their flocks into a wooden pen by the stone-lined pool at the edge of the village. One by one, the sheep were slid backwards into the water, ducked under a floating bar,
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Seeing life “as Clare saw it in his poetry”
December’s ‘Clare in the City’ conference in Peterborough was an inspiring call to action, exploring how the JCC project can benefit people in urban areas. How can the John Clare Countryside benefit the people of Peterborough, Stamford and the Deepings? That was the big question up for discussion at the John Clare Countryside winter conference
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Flower power in Helpston and Deeping Gate
Green spaces in two John Clare Countryside parishes will be stippled with yellows, whites and blues this spring, thanks to the bulb-planting efforts of local volunteers. Back in early November, villagers in Helpston were busy planting bulbs on the village green and in St Botolph’s churchyard. Soon, in the coming months, they will be seeing
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Clare in the City: JCC winter event announced
How can the John Clare Countryside benefit the people of Peterborough, Stamford and the Deepings? It’s the big question we’re asking at an inspiring event this December. Following an exciting summer conference, at which an ambitious vision for landscape-scale nature recovery was unveiled, the John Clare Countryside partnership will be exploring how the project can
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A green accolade for Castor
Castor Parish Council wins Environmental Project of the Year at the CAPALC Awards 2024. A parish council in the John Clare Countryside has been recognised for its exemplary efforts to restore nature locally. Last month, Castor Parish Council won Environmental Project of the Year at the annual CAPALC (Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Association of Local Councils)
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