WELCOME
Bittern Countryside Community Interest Company supports the Arnside and Silverdale National Landscape Partnership and the Landscape Trust
Who we are, what we do
The Bittern Countryside Community Interest Company was formed to carry out activities which benefit the community, and in particular to work to conserve and enhance the Arnside & Silverdale National Landscape.
Our shareholders and volunteers:
- Are dedicated to the conservation and enhancement of the National Landscape
- Want to get the local community involved in our work
- Want to help our villages to thrive
- Are happy to help either by buying shares to help us achieve our aims or by volunteering their time and energy
If you think we could help you in a community or conservation project please contact us. Is there something that needs doing that would fit in with our aims? We would like to hear from you about your ideas.
Arnside and Silverdale AONB is now the Arnside and Silverdale National Landscape. This is part of the rebranding of all Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There is a new logo and hopefully some more money to help in the important workdone in our area.
You are cordially invited to attend the Annual General Meeting of the BCCIC, to be held this year on Friday, 17th April, 2026, beginning at 7:00pm at the Arnside Educational Institute, Church Hill, Arnside.
This year we are delighted to welcome Simon Williams from the Mourholme Local History Society to give us a talk entitled Walduck’s Wall, providing a fascinating insight into the unsuccessful efforts made to reclaim land from Morecambe Bay in the 1870’s. This is an open meeting so please feel free to bring others.
We would also like to share with you some of the exciting projects we currently have underway to benefit the community in the Arnside and Silverdale National Landscape, as well as to help us complete the formal business of the AGM, the agenda for which is below. Last year’s Minutes etc and more about our new directors will follow shortly. Please do join us!
Peter Haine
Secretary, Bittern Countryside Community Interest Company
and matters arising
Statement* for 2024/2025
We have helped several of our local community buildings install solar PV systems. We shared the costs of the installation and now share the Feed-in Tariff with the community building.
We have produced energy saving booklets to help people use wood efficiently and are helping with a local woodbank initiative. These are being updated.We have given our first grant to a local community building to help them instal LED lighting.
We have produced a series of 14 books to help people find and enjoy the plants and wildlife that make our National Landscape special
We are also working with others in the National Landscape to make sure our rarest species can flourish.
All the reserves in the National Landscape depend on grazing to stay in good heart. We are there to help this in any way we can.
We keep an eye on local land sales and see if we can help any of our conservation partners if a prime site for a reserve comes up.
We also keep an eye on planning matters and send in comments if we feel that a development proposal is detrimental to the National Landscape.
