@CampaignerKate

Campaigner: @openspacessoc, @RamblersGB, @Campaign4Parks, @DartmoorDPA, @Walkersrwelcome, love walking, landscapes, birds, archaeology, wild country. Own views.

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Joined March 2009
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Proud to be featured in @CPRE #Voice magazine with photos by @lhschiefer - talking about my campaigning career with @openspacessoc @RamblersGB @DartmoorDPA @Campaign4Parks which has been & continues to be hugely enjoyable & rewarding @CrispinTruman
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Today Len Clark would have been 110, we remember his love of the countryside, his determination, and his wisdom. His legacy is considerable. @fionacreynolds @YHAOfficial @nationaltrust @Campaign4Parks @JamesBlakeYHA
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Phil Wadey@parachutemindJun 20
Delighted to be delivering Restoring the Record training today in Coventry. In England, rights of way that are unrecorded in 2031 will be extinguished. People need to record their paths in time. #PathExtinguishmentDay @openspacessoc @RamblersGB @britishhorse
People sat in a hall, listening to lectures on how to record public rights of way.

ALT People sat in a hall, listening to lectures on how to record public rights of way.

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First leg of @TheThamesPath relay from source to Ashton Keynes @fionacreynolds @12beesbuzzing @ThamesPathNT campaignerkate.wordpress.com…

At the source of the Thames

There was no sign of water when we met at the source of the River Thames, near Kemble in Gloucestershire, on 5 June. The gathering was to start of the 24-day relay along the Thames Path National Tr…

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Fab visit to Greenham Common with Bucks Bird Club campaignerkate.wordpress.com…

Greenham in the heat

It was extremely hot when members of Buckinghamshire Bird Club congregated at the Greenham control tower car-park, at 3 pm on 23 May. This was a rare out-of-county trip (we were in West Berkshire).…

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Great visit to Rushmere Country Park with @bucksbirdclub last Sunday, thanks to @Robbirder for leading us campaignerkate.wordpress.com…

Roaming round Rushmere

On 17 May the Bucks Bird Club returned to Rushmere Country Park, for a stroll around the woods and heath, led by Rob Andrews who knows his patch intimately. We were on greensand, on the border of B…

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Wonderful Gower!
The Gower Society@GowerSocietyMay 9
Happy Birthday Gower! On 9 May 2026 we celebrate 70 years since the Gower Peninsular was designated the very first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in the UK. The first of many but arguably still the best!   For more information visit our page - thegowersociety.co.uk
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Great @RamblersCymru annual meeting, discussed senedd elections, campaigning & celebrated successes @Morganrambler @RebeccaRambler @finstumpf @ChrisHo47962298 campaignerkate.wordpress.com…

The first day of spring (Diwrnod cyntaf y gwanwyn)

On 21 March, Ramblers Cymru held its annual meeting, once again at the Metropole Hotel in Llandrindod Wells. It was a weekend of swapping campaign ideas, and of course some walks. I arrived on Frid…

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We’re pleased to share our nine-point plan for the new Senedd. Every item on this list will go a long way to protecting and defending treasured open spaces in Wales, and we urge the Senedd to adopt our manifesto. Read more: bit.ly/4tDeW8s
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A worrying development.
Save Wimbledon Park
@SaveWimbldnParkMar 7
House of Lords debate on Clause 222C (5 Mar 2026): our summary of Hansard and the potential impact on Save Wimbledon Park’s legal challenge to AELTC’s plans. Read the full post: wix.to/76ylX7H #WimbledonPark #Planning #CommunityAction #CivicRights #GreenNotGreed

Debate on Clause 222C of the English Devolution Bill, House Of Lords, 5th March 2026 (Call a Spade...

House Of Lords: Call A Spade A Spade(All quotes from Hansard)You will recall that back in November 2025 Lord Gus O’Donnell (director of the All England Lawn Tennis Club, AELTC) together with Lord...

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putney.news/2026/03/07/minis…

Ministers blocked the AELTC amendment in November. Now they support it. - Putney.news

The government backed a Lords amendment allowing Wimbledon Park's trust protections to be removed, reversing its November position after a promised review never happened.

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Remembering Rambler David Sharp, born #OTD 100 years ago. David was the 'father' of the Thames Path, leading surveys, relentlessly negotiating the route and writing guide books before it was approved in 1989. Read @CampaignerKate tribute 👇 campaignerkate.wordpress.com… #ramblers
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Winter bird survey done for @_BTO campaignerkate.wordpress.com… @bucksbirdclub @bucksbirdnews

Winter-bird survey—tick

On Valentine’s day, a rare day of sunshine, I completed my winter-bird surveys (WiBS) for the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO). This is a new survey, and I was asked in the autumn if I wan…

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📣 “Local authorities are strapped for cash, and there is the commercial abuse of open spaces for events. There really are a lot of threats to green spaces throughout England and Wales.” Did you hear @CampaignerKate on @BBCr4today? Catch up at 2h45: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002q2… ⬇️
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Kate Ashbrook retweeted
Welsh Country@WelshCountryJan 5
Centenary of Open Space Law welshcountry.co.uk/centenery… @openspacessoc #openspacessociety #oss #publicfootpaths #publicpaths #commonland
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Walk along the River Leach with mu visually-impaired friend Marika Kovacs @DeserterLee @RamblersGB campaignerkate.wordpress.com…

Meandering along the Leach

On a grey 29 December, I set off on a short walk from Eastleach in Gloucestershire, with my visually-impaired friend Marika Kovacs. We were wearing similar hats, mine was a gift from Ramblers Cymru…

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My new year message from the Open Spaces Society
Open Spaces Society@openspacessoc31 Dec 2025
As 2025 draws to a close, we want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has supported us this year. Our work would not be possible without you. Thank you, and happy new year 💚
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I keep trying to attract the attention of ministers who enjoy walking, to get them to take action for access campaignerkate.wordpress.com… @RamblersGB @openspacessoc

Wes the walker

Once again, on 21 December, The Observer carried a story about a minister who likes walking. This time it was the health and social care secretary, Wes Streeting. I followed up with a letter, which…

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Open Spaces Society forces new town green at Swaffham, @BBCNorfolk Norfolkhttps://www.edp24.co.uk/news/25720620.swaffham-get-new-town-green-185-home-development-deal/
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Time for Keir Starmer to act for access campaignerkate.wordpress.com…

Starmer loves to walk. Now he should act for access

On 7 December The Observer reported that the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, loves to go walking on his own. Keir told Rachel Sylvester that ‘the thing he misses most as prime minister is takin…

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Walk from Aston Tirrold to Lowbury Hill, Oxon in N Wessex Downs National Landscape campaignerkate.wordpress.com…

From Aston Tirrold to Lowbury Hill

The village of Aston Tirrold, in the North Wessex Downs National Landscape in Oxfordshire, was a roughly central location for my two friends, Mary Alexander and Drusilla Belfield, and me to start a…

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