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fixthefells @fixthefells

Our rangers and volunteers help protect the spectacular Lake District landscape by repairing and maintaining upland paths.

Joined September 2010
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A few photos of our amazing volunteers for #VolunteersWeek - thank you thank you thank you for all the graft in all the weathers! #fixthefells #cumbria #lakedistrict @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @friendsoflakes @lakesfoundation @NECumbria
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We're delighted to share our 2025 Annual Report! Take a look at our key achievements in 2025. Thanks to the volunteers, donors & partners who continue to support our work. Link below. @lakedistrictnpa @FriendsofLakes @lakesfoundation @NTlakedistrict @NECumbria
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Read the report here: fixthefells.co.uk/wp-content….
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Work on #Helvellyn. Each #FixtheFells team member tackles a short section - around 10m - joining up as they progress. What a view for a workplace! @nationaltrust @lakedistrictnpa @FriendsofLakes @lakesfoundation @NECumbria
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Big thanks to the @Team_BMC volunteers and Fix the Fells volunteers who joined us for a 2-day ‘Get Stuck In’ work party on The Band, Langdale! Thanks also #BMC for the donation of gloves which were immediately put to good use!
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Something to listen to over the weekend! @BBC_Cumbria Nishma Hindocha interviews Partnership Manager Isabel about our work & volunteers loom.ly/upDU5G4 (starts around 2:22) @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @FriendsofLakes @lakesfoundation @NECumbria
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On 27 28 March, 26 Fix the Fells volunteers took part in @FriendsofLakes Great Cumbrian Litter Pick, covering 10km across five routes. Thank you all for helping keep the fells tidy of litter. @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @lakesfoundation @NECumbria
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While our rangers draw breath before they start work on the fells in April, our volunteers continue to be out and about across the Lakes, maintaining paths. Here, enjoying the sun in Far Easedale. @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @friendsoflakes @lakesfoundation @NECumbria
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Heli-lifting to Helvellyn successfully complete! @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @friendsoflakes @lakesfoundation @NECumbria @pdgaviation
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Earlier this week Fix the Fells lifted stone and aggregate onto Gowbarrow, ready for work in 2026. @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @friendsoflakes @lakesfoundation @NECumbria
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Chilly but scenic work for our rangers, gathering stone from the fellside above Thirlmere this week. @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @friendsoflakes @lakesfoundation @NECumbria
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Our rangers gathered stone from #unitedutilities last week, for use on our Helvellyn project starting in April. @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @friendsoflakes @lakesfoundation @NECumbria
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Massive thanks to @teamBMC474551 #AccessandConservationTrust for the donation of four cargo nets, to help us move stone on the fells. thebmc.co.uk/en/act-cargo-ne… @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @friendsoflakes @lakesfoundation @NECumbria Photo: British Mountaineering Council
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2026 ranger team plans... 9 rangers will work this spring and summer on Helvellyn. Today we were out putting finishing touches on plans for the work. @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @friendsoflakes @lakesfoundation @NECumbria
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Fix the Fells volunteers have enjoyed some tasty cakes and bakes while out maintaining path this winter, with massive thanks to #chestersbytheriver of Skelwith Bridge. @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @friendsoflakes @lakesfoundation @NECumbria
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More winter volunteer activity as nearly 40 completed regular maintenance on 5 routes from Grasmere. @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @friendsoflakes @lakesfoundation @NECumbria
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Fix the Fells volunteers celebrated their year by gifting a weekend of work, on stone work, path maintenance, hedge laying and fence removal. Great fun and lots achieved. Thank you all! @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @friendsoflakes @lakesfoundation @NECumbria
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Read about work completed by Fix the Fells this year, thanks to a £34,070 grant from the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund on the Westmorland Gazette website. @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @friendsoflakes @lakesfoundation @NECumbria @WandFCouncil
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Fix the Fells rangers have completed erosion repair work at multiple sites alongside Loft Beck, upper Ennerdale, on the Wainwright's Coast to Coast route. Here are some before and after photos. @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @friendsoflakes @lakesfoundation @NECumbria
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Congratulations to our LDNPA Fix the Fells Ranger, Annie, who was recently a nominee at the Cumbria Women of the Year Award. @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @friendsoflakes @lakesfoundation @NECumbria
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