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:
 | show people why landscape
character matters |
| raise awareness about the
loss of landscape character |
| understand more about why
this loss is happening |
| work out what can be done to
prevent further loss and, wherever possible, recover and enhance local
distinctiveness |
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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