The Chase & Chalke Projects

Our projects offered opportunities for free training and included a broad range of activities which encouraged individuals, communities and new audiences to help conserve, enhance, understand and learn about our unique landscape.

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Natural Landscape

Greater Grazing

Cows

Improving biodiversity at Martin Down National Nature Reserve.

Starry, Starry Nights

dark sky

Celebrating our dark skies and our designation as a Dark Sky Reserve.

Wonderful Woodlands

Woodland Training Skills programme – volunteers laying a hedge as part of the Chase & Chalke Wonderful Woodlands project

Bringing woodlands back into active management.

Nurturing Nature

Small copper butterfly on a cowslip, Cranborne Chase Natural Landscape, Chase & Chalke Nurturing Nature project.

Improving biodiversity across the area.

A Crystal Clear Ebble

The River Ebble

Protecting and restoring the river Ebble.

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Historic Landscape

Bringing the Landscape to Life

Child with Time Traveller App

The Time Travellers of Cranborne Chase app explores the extraordinary people and places of the area.

Heritage Schools Cluster

Teachers undergoing heritage training, as part of the Chase & Chalke Heritage Training for Schools project.

Equipping teachers to understand and teach the local heritage.

Champions of the Past

A child's hand with a trowel to move sand to find bones in a dig box, part of the Chase & Chalke Champions of the Past project.

Exploring the remarkable archaeology of the Chase & Chalke area.

Cultural Landscape

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Celebrate C&C

Celebrating the achievements of the Chase & Chalke Landscape Partnership Scheme.

The Curious Dorset Cursus

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Reflecting the ceremonial and ritual use of the Neolithic earthwork.

Roman Rally Living History

Roman sword attack, part of the Chase & Chalke Roman Rally project

Re-enacting Roman life in the Cranborne Chase.

ChalkEscape Walking Festival

Connect to the landscape with the ChalkEscape Walking Festival.

Words in the Landscape

Poetry box on Cranborne Chase office gate, part of the Chase & Chalke Words in the Landscape project

Bringing together writers, poets, storytellers and readers.

Voices in the Landscape

choir book voice

Musicians engaging with the landscape through songs, old and new.

Characters of the Chase

Pitt Rivers

History and notable characters of the Chase brought to life through performance storytelling.

Artists’ Residencies

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Inspiring works reflective of the landscape, history and culture of the area.

Celebration in Silk

Batik silk flag at Martin Down, part of the Chase & Chalke Celebration in Silk project.

Communities working with artists to create silk flags.

Communities Caring for Heritage

Stone Head

A grant scheme to support local heritage for communities.

Memories Captured

Oral history training, with film camera, part of the Chase & Chalke Memories Captured project

An oral history project capturing the voices of local people.

Ancient Ways

Ancient ways path and landscape

Exploring and improving the area’s cycle footpaths and creating new tramper ways.

Our volunteers

Volunteers were a key part of the Chase & Chalke Landscape Partnership. There are still volunteering opportunities available, click here to find out more. To sign up now via the Chase & Chalke Volunteer Hub, click the link below: