Environment
English Lakes Hotels are proud to take an active role in giving our guests the
opportunity to help conserve the very beauty of the area they have come to
visit. We are a Platinum Partner of the Tourism and Conservation Partnership, a
unique organisation which works to look after our landscape.
Many visitors don’t realise that the landscape that they love needs careful
looking after by many conservation organisations. The Tourism and Conservation
Partnership works with these, and local businesses, to help businesses and their
customers support landscape management work and conservation projects.
Established in 1993, the Partnership is ‘not for profit’ and guarantees that a
minimum of 85% of donations given is spent on practical conservation projects.
For more information on the partnership visit www.ourstolookafter.co.uk
Since 1999, English Lakes Hotels customers have donated a massive £78,697 towards
conservation and environmental education in the Lake District and other areas of
Cumbria.
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Storrs Hall supports the ‘Fix the Fells’ upland footpath repair programme
Since 2005, guests at Storrs Hall have supported Fix the Fells. Over the years, millions of boots (combined with hungry sheep and our Lakeland weather) have caused massive erosion scars on the hills. The Fix the Fells project aims to repair these scars, and help our visitors understand how to tread lightly in the hills. Teams of footpath repair workers can be seen in hills, and all donations go towards supporting their important job. Even better, the Heritage Lottery Fund will give a further £2 for every £1 we can raise.
For more information about this project, visit www.fixthefells.co.uk
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The Famous Wild Boar supports the Lancaster Canal Trust
In August of 2008, restoration work will be carried out on the horse path over the Hincater Tunnel, a scheduled Ancient Monument and the only tunnel on the Lancaster Canal. Restoration of the path is crucial for the traversing of the 14 miles of canal from Kendal to Tewitfield, part of a big scheme to 're-water' the canal from Kendal to Lancaster. Volunteers from the Waterway Recovery Group will work with the Lancaster Canal Trust to restore this part of the path from it's present 'unsafe' condition.
Money raised by the Wildboar will help contribute towards the costs of tool and machinery hire.
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Low Wood Hotel supports 'Wildlife and Wilderness' projects
The Low Wood Hotel supports projects which help look after and restore wildlife habitat, and the (sometimes endangered) species that live in these special areas.
In 2002 Low Wood funded restoration work on the beautiful National Trust's Stagshaw Gardens. Money raised throughout 2003 and 2004 supported an Eden Rivers Trust project. During 2004 Low Wood supported work at two Cumbria Wildlife Trust reserves, including habitat protection for the Dormouse in the Duddon Valley.
Low Wood is currently supporting work on the boundary walls of Barkbooth Lot. The reserve, based upon rough grassland and scrub with wetland areas including a tarn and small reservoir, is a rich habitat for invertebrates including caterpillas, damsel, dragonflies and two rare species - the medicinal leech and the glow worm!
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The Waterhead supports ‘Culture and Community’ projects
The Waterhead is supporting projects which help young people to understand the environment, and the part they play in looking after it. This past year, Cumbria Outdoors have been supported to work with local schoolchildren, running a residential programme where children learn about windfarms, recycling issues and the impact that climate change will have on their lives in the future.
In previous years, The Waterhead has raised £17,000 to support hedgerow conservation work, planting new hedgerows in Hawkshead, specifically Low Tock How hedgerow to improve the wildlife and habitat value of the area. Previously work had been completed in Haverthwaite, Syke Side, High Tock How,Troutbeck Valley and an ancient hedge line at Orrest Head Farm.
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Lancaster House supports Limestone pavement conservation in North Lancashire
Lancaster House is currently raising money to preserve the historic limestone pavements at Hutton Roof Crags, which provide some of the best areas of limestone pavement in Britain and harbour a wealth of rare and unusual plants and animals.