Skiddaw: England’s Lost Rainforest

Skiddaw Forest landscape featuring stream and purple heather credit  Joe Murphy

© Joe Murphy

Skiddaw: England’s Lost Rainforest

Location:
Quaker Meeting House, Meeting House Lane, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 7TR
Cumbria Wildlife Trust take on the transformation of over 3000 acres of Skiddaw mountain, and create England’s highest nature reserve.

Event details

Date

Time
7:00pm - 8:30pm
A static map of Skiddaw: England’s Lost Rainforest

About the event

With the support of Aviva, Cumbria Wildlife Trust have thus far purchased 83% of Skiddaw mountain, including Skiddaw summit.

Hear more about the ambitious Trust’s plans, including the restoration of native Atlantic rainforest, montane scrub and integral peat bog. Currently ungrazed, public access and protection to this internationally important site will be secured. There will be chance to ask questions about the 100 vision and work of the Trust.

 

Booking

Suggested donation

£3.00 (cash)

Know before you go

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Wheelchair access

Yes

Contact us

Cumbria Wildlife Trust
Contact number: 01539816300