Latest AONB News

Cranborne Chase AONB will launch its exciting new Augemented Reality App in 2020. Thanks to funding through the Dorset Local Action Group, part funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, the mobile app will enable people to travel back in time to explore Cranborne Chase’s ancient landscape and meet characters from the past along the way http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/rurdev/index_en.htm 

Join us in Sixpenny Handley for an evening of stargazing with the Wessex Astronomical Society. To book, email info@cranbornechase.org.uk or call 01725 517417

Village Hall Improvement Grant Fund – Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE)

Do you have the passion, drive, experience and enthusiasm to deliver a new, innovative five-year scheme comprising 20 ambitious projects? We're looking for a Landscape Partnership Scheme manager. 

Cranborne Chase becomes the first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the country to be designated in its entirety as an International Dark-Sky Reserve

The Cranborne Chase AONB team is moving to Tollard Royal from Tuesday 8 October. 

Independent review of the running of England's National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty published - click here for full details