Six Ways to Ameliorate the Outstanding Landscapes

Heritage Lottery Fund supports the most outstanding landscapes and its communities by six rural regeneration and landscape conservation schemes, which make it possible to conserve the wildlife of the region, distinctive nature, architectural colour, original language and cultural traditions. Almost £8 million were streamed to Heritage Lottery Fund in the framework of the six rural regeneration and landscape conservation projects. This scheme was introduced and implemented in 2004 and was aimed to assist the UK's most outstanding landscapes and rural communities with grants of between £250,000 and £2 million. According to the six schemes, the applicants will receive money to develop the project that landscapes will benefit from; thirty-five landscape areas are already benefiting from awards. The latest grant was given to the Llyn Peninsula area in Gwynedd. The grant to the territory was estimated in a £753,000 scheme. The peculiar thing of the area is that 70 per cent of its inhabitants speak Welsh, which explains why the cultural and linguistic aspect is in focus. The project will also help the local communities and visitors to admire the attractions of this coastal area.  An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is the first site to design. Another area earmarked for support is coastal grazing marshes of the Lincolnshire.  A £904,500 scheme should improve access to the area. Local people and landowners should get to know the way to conserve the natural, built and cultural heritage. The landscape on East Durham's Magnesian Limestone plateau was damaged by coal mining and extractive industries, but has rich plant and animal life. This unique area needs some kind of restriction and is also supported by one of the six schemes. A £1.2 million scheme was passed to The Faughan Valley, near Londonderry, in Northern Ireland.  The main thing to do is to restore habitats, to create a wildlife corridor along the river and to revitalize the landscape in whole. A 250 sq kms area around Lake Windermere now has become a field of £1 million project, as long as East Midland area, earmarked for £1.9 award. The project of the last one includes the extension and improvement of the Archaeological Way. In the past the area was used for transporting coal and stones, moreover it has facilities for teaching people traditional conservation skills for the conservation of traditional architectural and nature peculiarities.