The Prize is a bold and exciting opportunity for optimists to help visualise a hopeful and possible future for the London City Region by sharing ideas to make our lives and landscapes greener, healthier, more beautiful and wilder. Read on>

Buglife with funding from Defra, has launched an ambitious plan to help our bees, butterflies, hoverflies and other pollinating insects. Read on>

An eye-catching new swift nesting tower has been erected in the Surrey Hills on Shalford Common to protect one of Britain’s most remarkable and endangered bird species. Read on>

As we head into the Bank Holiday weekend with good weather forecast we want to re-iterate our message that this is not the time to travel to visit the Surrey Hills as many public facilities and car parks remain closed. Read on>

Concern is growing on the increased use of sky lanterns and the damage they are doing to our local countryside, wildlife and livestock. Read on>

What might the London City Region look like 20 years from now? Now imagine what it could and should look like. What if it was radically greener, healthier, wilder and more beautiful? Read on>

CPRE, the countryside charity, invites everyone to join in with Star Count 2020, a fun and easy way to enjoy the wonders of the universe. Read on>

The Surrey Hills AONB Management Plan is an important step in the conservation of the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and was launched in early December 2019. Read on>

A new guidance document was launched at a Surrey Hills Community Forum last week promoting key principles and best practice for country lanes, signage and building design in the Surrey Hills. Read on>

Thursley National Nature Reserve’s unique wetland habitat has officially been recognised as a ‘Dragonfly Hotspot’ by the British Dragonfly Society (BDS). Read on>

The search to find this year’s worthy recipient(s) of the Bowland Award has advanced a step with six showcases planned for consideration by delegates at the Landscapes for Life Conference 2019. Read on>

The Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is looking to appoint a new chairperson. Read on>

South Western Railway welcomed the latest addition to its Community Rail Partnership (CRP) family last week, the new Surrey Hills to South Downs line. Read on>

2018 is a significant milestone for the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) as it marks the 60th anniversary of the designation. The Surrey Hills was one of the first landscapes in the country to be designated in Read on>

There’s lots to do in the Surrey Hills over the Christmas period. We’ve got some fantastic suggestions for walks and cycles. Click here to find out more  

Funding had been successfully secured for signage to be sited at stations between Reigate and Guildford. Read on>

Unnecessary roadside signs came down in the Surrey Hills village of Albury this week… Read on>

Just one year remains to award around £800,000 of grant funding to rural businesses, communities, farmers and foresters in Rural Surrey. Read on>

Members of the public are being urged to vote for their favourite tree in the Woodland Trust competition Read on>

The Devil’s Punch Bowl, once separated from Hindhead Common by the A3, has become one of the top wildlife sites in south east England. Read on>

The Surrey Hills Byways Working Group are actively working in partnership to help protect the Byways Open to All Traffic (BOATs) in the Surrey Hills. Read on>

The stark beauty of Thursley National Nature Reserve offered the perfect backdrop for a Harvey Nichols photo shoot Read on>

An exciting new opportunity has arisen in the Surrey Hills. Read on>

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a conservation role in the Surrey Hills. Read on>

The Surrey Hills Society have a Map Reading course running on 14 May. A training day for those who want to get out and appreciate the Surrey Hills. Read on>

The position of North Downs Way Development Manager is currently being advertised. This post is principally funded by Natural England with the support of Kent and Surrey County Councils, Medway Council, the AONBs of the Surrey Hills and Kent Downs, Read on>

The Surrey Hills Board at their recent meeting voiced concern about the impact of increased development at Gatwick airport including aircraft noise on the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Read on>

Work has begun in earnest on Thursley National Nature Reserve in the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty to underground the unsightly overhead power lines. Almost a year in the planning, this high profile project will see the majority Read on>

From fracking to development, the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is facing unprecedented pressures.  Now the Surrey Hills AONB Board is asking residents, visitors, landowners and rural businesses for their feedback on a Management Plan for the Read on>

SOMETHING IN THE AIR Could there have been a secret wartime communications facility on Reigate Hill? In the last month the Front Line Surrey Hills team, who have been trying to get to the bottom of strange military structures on Read on>

Britain’s National Parks and beauty spots are under ‘unprecedented threat’ of being built upon due to the Government’s relaxation of planning laws, campaigners warn today. The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) says that more than 30 formerly protected areas Read on>

Richard Benyon MP Minister for the Natural Environment and Fisheries  joined James Beresford, Chief Executive, VisitEngland and Philip Hygate, Chairman, National Association for Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (NAAONB) in signing a Sustainable Tourism Accord between VisitEngland, Defra and the Read on>

The National Association for Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (NAAONB) today received reconfirmation from the IUCN UK Committee (International Union for Conservation of Nature) of Category V status for Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The reconfirmation follows three years of Read on>

The character, wildlife and heritage of many of the UK’s iconic landscapes – from the Cornish coast to the islands of Scotland – hang in the balance warn a coalition of farming, wildlife, environmental and heritage groups, unless there is Read on>

The threat to our forests and woodlands has never been greater. Increased global trade and the movement of goods between countries means an increased risk of spreading pests and diseases, which may travel hidden in plant products, packaging and shipping Read on>

Countryside campaigners have won permission for a Judicial Review of Mole Valley District Council’s decision to allow the development of a golf and leisure complex at Cherkley Court near Leatherhead. Members of the Cherkley Campaign and CPRE Surrey Branch were Read on>

Grown in Britain is all encompassing, inclusive and focused on making a difference to British woodlands. Its challenge is to harness and align the multitude of projects from across the UK that contributes in some way to the ambition of Read on>

Ash Dieback, is a serious disease of ash trees caused by a fungus called Chalara fraxinea (C. fraxinea). The disease causes leaf loss and crown dieback in affected trees, and usually leads to tree death. We would fully encourage you to Read on>

Sparrowhatch Forestry Ltd provides an ecologically based management service to Woodland, Countryside and tree owners across the South East of England from a central location within the Surrey Hills AONB. The company pride themselves on being able to offer the most Read on>

In January, a party of SHS members wrapped up warm and headed off to the Sheepleas (above Horsley) to learn how to identify local trees when they had no leaves to assist in the task.  The group was led by Read on>

A fully-working replica of an historic Wealden Iron Furnace lovingly recreated at the Rural Life Centre in Tilford, has won the Surrey Industrial History Group Conservation Award for 2012. Emma Corke, President of the Surrey Archaeological Society, presented the Conservation Read on>

How to make the most of the spectacular landscape and history of the North Downs – that is the challenge for the newly-appointed North Downs Way National Trail Strategy Officer, Alex Goodey. Alex brings communication skills honed at the BBC Read on>

The Minister for Natural Environment and Fisheries was given a whistlestop tour of Box Hill and the North Downs on Monday to see the landscape that will be the centre of attention at the start of the Olympic Games. Richard Read on>