For the love of peat
The National Trust are a vital member of the Lancashire Peat Partnership, find out about their amazing work restoring Holcombe Moor.
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Peat action pack
Our peat action pack is full of handy hints and tips to help you go peat-free at home, and make a difference to the future of our precious peatlands.
Lancashire Peat Partnership
The Lancashire Peat Partnership brings together different organisations who are working to protect and restore our precious peatlands.
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Our peat action pack is stuffed full of handy hints and tips to help you go peat-free at home, and make a difference to the future of our precious peatlands.
How to go peat free at home
Our homes and gardens have an important role in the fight against climate change. Help preserve vital peatland by going peat free.
Playing hide and seek with hidden peat
The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside is asking everyone to become a ‘Peat Inspector’ and get on the lookout for hidden peat.
Peat sales banned by 2024
Ban will apply to peat sold in retail outlets in England
Defra reveals that 95% of those who responded to its consultation were in favour of a complete retail sales ban
Following a…
Help us ban peat sales
Defra has finally launched the long-awaited consultation into banning the retail sale of peat in horticulture in England and Wales. We need as many responses as possible to help end this…
Turf production: peat extraction by stealth
By ripping up that paving and laying a new lawn you might that think that you are doing your bit for nature, but if that turf has been grown on peat then you could be doing more harm than good.…
An engaging few months with Lancashire Peat Partnership
Lois Clark, engagement officer for Lancashire Peat Partnership shares what her first six months have been like, and what's next for spreading the word about peat?
General Election 2019: The results are in – so what does it mean for nature?
Concern for the environment is at a record high. Over a quarter of Britons now cite it as one of the top three issues facing the country.
Sundews: What's that on the Lancashire Peat Partnership logo?
Lancashire’s peatlands are home to a myriad of amazing plants and animals, including the weird and wonderful carnivorous sundew. Not only one of our favourite plants, but also the symbol of the…