Campaigns
The most up-to-date statement of the main issues facing the SPS and CPRE is available on the CPRE website
Countryside Character campaign The diversity of our landscape is being steadily eroded. There is a spreading blandness and loss of character afflicting England's small towns and the countryside in which they are set. We want to arrest that spreading blandness. With our Countryside Character campaign, we aim to:
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show people why landscape character matters
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raise awareness about the loss of landscape character
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understand more about why this loss is happening
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work out what can be done to prevent further loss and, wherever possible, recover and enhance local distinctiveness
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Light Pollution  The Milky Way - blotted out for more than half of the UK population by light pollution Photo: CfDS image library Darkness at night is one of the things that defines the countryside and makes it so different from towns and cities. But that darkness is disappearing, and with it our view of the stars and planets. It's disappearing because we carelessly and wastefully beam outdoor light upwards into the sky. Collectively, these lights stop us from being able to see the night sky, with all its majesty and mystery. Instead, we see only a pinky orange glow, which only a few dozen of the brightest stars can penetrate. This glow spreads for miles outside towns and cities, making it much harder - or even impossible - to see the sight of thousands of stars and our own galaxy, the Milky Way. This light pollution is getting worse. Satellite data we've obtained from US Air Force weather satellites shows that light pollution is spreading into new areas of countryside and increasing in the areas where it was before. Our new light pollution maps
Data has been used to create maps which show how much light pollution there is in your area.
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