Foundation for Common Land

Starting from the village of Burnbanks, a village built to accommodate the families of the workforce that built Haweswater Dam. This walk will take you along the side of Haweswater and up onto High Street as you explore the rugged and varied landscape of Bampton Common.



The Common stretches from the waters

A chance to explore Holne Moor and find out how water has been managed over the years, for people, livestock and nature celebrating our upland commons.



Water is essential for life and this landscape was shaped by it. 400 million years ago prior to the mountain building period, Dartmoor was covered in

The area you are about to walk on, is managed carefully by Commoners who collectively graze their livestock (sheep and cows) on Commons. Each flock has a heaf where they stay without fencing. This use of land for pasture has protected landscapes for over 1,000 years. Grazing maintains the balance of

Explore Stapeley Hill (also known as Michell’s Fold), a jewel in this stretch of Welsh Marches border country. On a clear day you'll be rewarded with far reaching views, across Mid and North Wales, as far as the Snowdonia National Park. Experience the mystical, folklore feel of this place, tread in the

Spend a day with us exploring the Shropshire Hills AONB. A lot of this walk is off the common itself, but there’s an option to extend the part which is on the common, giving extensive views of it from the surrounding farm land.



Take in the history from the iron age period from the impressive hill fort

Explore Force Crag Mine, a scheduled ancient monument sitting at the head of the valley. Force Crag Mine closed in 1991 as the last working mine in the Lake District. You'll discover artefacts from its industrial past - old mine buildings, spoil heaps and equipment - while being rewarded with spectacular