The Dorset National Landscape is beautiful but people make it outstanding. Our mission is to protect and regenerate this designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. And to make sure everyone can enjoy it. Find out more about our work.

Latest News

Become a Community Nature Buddy

Volunteer

Become a Community Nature Buddy

We’re delighted to announce the launch of a new Community Nature Buddy volunteer opportunity to help more people experience the benefits of connecting with nature.

Community Access Fund – Open for Applications

Grant funding available

Community Access Fund open for applications

Funding available for capital access projects that make the Dorset National Landscape more inclusive to access.

Breaking barriers: connecting people with disabilities to the countryside

Stepping into Nature

Breaking barriers: connecting people with disabilities to the countryside

Stepping into Nature supports adults with disabilities to explore, understand and engage with farms and support farmers deliver suitable events.

Nature Calling produces poem for Dorset

Art and nature

Nature Calling produces poem for Dorset

Writer Louisa Adjoa Parker launches 'This patch of land' capturing the landscapes and lives of the Dorset National Landscape.

Nature Buddies Hosts

Get involved!

Nature Buddies Hosts

Find out how your organisation or group could get involved as a Nature Buddy activity site and support more people to access nature.

Rivers Run Through Us

Nature

Rivers Run Through Us

Rivers Run Through Us, a new River Axe nature recovery project, gets the go ahead.

Nature Buddies Launch

Stepping into Nature

Nature Buddies Network Launch

New funding to support the creation of a network of Nature Buddies across Dorset.

Nature Calling Launch

Art and engagement

Nature Calling national art project launch

Dorset National Landscape becomes major Hub in £2M ground-breaking national art project.

Projects of discovery

Tourism and Visitor Management

Connecting people to place

Tourism and Visitor Management

Find out what we do to help local people and visitors explore, understand and engage with the landscape.

Farming and Forestry

Working with farmers

Farming and Forestry

Supporting farming and landowners to maximise benefits for wildlife and landscape, including Farming in Protected Landscapes programme

Landscape Planning and Assessment

Outstanding landscapes

Landscape Planning and Assessment

Providing guidelines for landscape planning and management regarding the character and condition of the National Landscape.

Wild Purbeck

Safeguarding wildlife

Wild Purbeck

Bringing people together to conserve and enhance Purbeck's valuable species and habitats at a landscape scale.