Category: Rural Matters

The Rural Matters section is a special section sponsored and reserved for the local CPRE.

The CPRE or Campaign to Protect Rural England is a charity set up to help protect the rural countryside.

In this section you will find articles mainly by Rupert Hardy, Chairman, North Dorset CPRE. There are ocaisonally guest writers but always from the CPRE.

We like that the subject matter is wide and varied, from dark skies, to planning, hedgerow maintenance to Fingerposts.

Always something new and always interesting to read. The CPRE’s main aim is to help make the countryside a better place for us all to live.

 

Dorset Wildlife & Animals

Hedgerows – overlooked climate heroes

Celebrating a campaign win, Rupert Hardy, Chair of North Dorset CPRE, says the government are finally planting 45,000 miles of hedges by 2050 In recent...
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Rural Matters

Stalbridge Drowning Under New Housing

The small historic Dorset town with fewer than 3,000 residents faces 550 new homes – CPRE have deep concerns around insufficient infrastructure The small historic...
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Local History

Reynolds Stone: Dorset’s legendary engraver

The renowned artist and writer was known for his distinctive engravings – always inspired by nature, he left a lasting legacy of timeless beauty Our...
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Local History

The day I found a skeleton…

On the first day of his first archaeological dig, CPRE’s Rupert Hardy made a major discovery and uncovered a sad mystery ‘As I carefully scraped...
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Rural Matters

River pollution and nutrient neutrality

This month, North Dorset CPRE’s Derek Gardiner looks at our rivers, which have become the latest rural planning application hurdle “Getting a complete overview of...
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Dorset community news

Village shops fighting back

A long time supporter (and judge!) of Dorset’s village shops, North Dorset CPRE chairman Rupert Hardy visits Child Okeford’s success story COVID was kind to...
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Her Majesty the Queen and her love for racehorses

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Reviving a forgotten boundary in the Dorset hills

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Reviving this ancient parish boundary, estimated to be around 300 to 400 years old, has been something special. Stretching in a straight line over...
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