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Somerset's countryside charity

Join us

We are Somerset's countryside charity

We’re passionate about making Somerset's countryside a better place for everyone to live, work and enjoy.

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What we care about

We want to connect people to the countryside, wherever they live.

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Get involved

Love the countryside? Want to help make it even better? Find out how.

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Buy our Christmas cards

Buy your Christmas cards from us and support our charity

Buy our Christmas cards

What gets built and where

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There is space for over 6000 homes on brownfield land in Somerset

Our latest report shows the potential for building on brownfield land

Could you be our new Treasurer?

This voluntary role is home based and can fit around your other commitments

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Standing up for our countryside:100 years of CPRE – plus AGM

Join us as we look back on our history and look forward to our centenary

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Make a donation

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Latest news

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Could you be our new Treasurer?

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Restoring Somerset’s historic signposts

Events

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Standing up for our countryside:100 years of CPRE – plus AGM

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Somerset Vintage Motorcycle Club supports our fingerpost restoration fund

What gets built and where

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There is space for over 6000 homes on brownfield land in Somerset

Fundraising

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Thanks for supporting our crowdfunder to save Frome

Fundraising

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Lottery Club Winners

Events

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Celebrating Countryside Day 2025 at Shapwick Moor

Landscapes

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This year’s Landscape Award in the Bruton Art Society Exhibition

Renewable energy

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Nythe Road solar farm threat returns

Cleaner countryside - our litter project

Join our #2minute litterpick project

Can you spare 2 minutes to clean up your countryside?

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Meet Scott, the litter volunteer cleaning up Merriott every day

Scott’s daily clean ups are making a difference to his village

Our litter project gets a boost with a generous donation from SUEZ

Recycling contractor has donated 60 litterpicking kits for our volunteers

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We’re helping Marine Conservation Society to track sources of ocean litter

We are recording different types of litter as part of national project

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Our young litter superstars

Students at schools around Somerset have been cleaning up their local area as part of their Duke of Edinburgh Awards

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Sponsor a litterpicking kit for just £20

A £20 donation will provide a litterpicking kit for one of our volunteers

A hi-vis vest, a litterpicking stick, a pair of gloves and a branded bag laid out on grass