Predecessor | Sheffield Association for the Protection of Local Scenery |
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Successor | CPRE Peak District and South Yorkshire |
Formation | 1924 |
Founder | Ethel Haythornthwaite |
Type | Charitable organisation |
Registration no. | Registered charity number: 1094975 |
Headquarters | Victoria Hall, 37 Stafford Road, Sheffield, S2 2SF |
Region | England |
Membership | 1,000 |
President | Dame Fiona Reynolds |
Chair | Chris Heard |
Chief Executive | Tomo Thompson |
Staff | 5 |
Volunteers | c.30 |
Website | Official website |
The Friends of the Peak District is a UK registered charity which campaigns to protect England's Peak District National Park. The organisation is a branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), whose purpose is "to promote and encourage for the benefit of the public the improvement and protection of the English countryside and the better development of the rural environment".[1]