Friends of the Peak District

Friends of the Peak District
PredecessorSheffield Association for the Protection of Local Scenery
SuccessorCPRE Peak District and South Yorkshire
Formation1924
FounderEthel Haythornthwaite
TypeCharitable organisation
Registration no.Registered charity number: 1094975
HeadquartersVictoria 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
WebsiteOfficial 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]

  1. ^ "Friends of the Peak District". Friends of the Peak District. Archived from the original on 3 June 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2022.