About

Revitalising Redesdale was a £2.8m Landscape Partnership Scheme, funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, which aimed to celebrate, conserve and enhance Redesdale’s rich cultural heritage, landscape and wildlife. It ran from Jan 2018 to Dec 2022 

The Partnership included:

• Natural England
• Northumberland National Park Authority
• Northumberland Wildlife Trust
• Environment Agency
• Forestry Commission
• Ministry of Defence
• The Battlefields Trust
• Tyne Rivers Trust
• Otterburn Parish Council
• Elsdon Parish Council
• Rochester with Byrness Parish Council
• Corsenside Parish Council
• Northumberland County Council
• Kielder Water and Forest Development Trust
• University of Newcastle Students’ Union
• The Redesdale Society
• Northumbrian Water

The Vision for Redesdale

Revitalising Redesdale aimed to:

• Empower local communities to better understand, conserve and enhance a landscape and natural environment forged by centuries of conflict;
• Celebrate the unique character of the landscape, its biodiversity and its culture, while seeking to build the future resilience of its heritage and identity;
• Address the threats to Redesdale’s increasingly fragile natural, historic and cultural heritage, which have been heightened by a declining resident population and economic decline;
• Ensure the local ownership and involvement of projects and schemes developed by the partnership.

Want to find out more about how the Revitalising Redesdale Landscape Partnership came into being? Read the Landscape Conservation Action Plan.

The programme’s Final Evaluation Report can be seen here or downloaded below.