CPRE History Book

Drawing on his extensive research into CPRE’s archives (held in the Museum of English Rural Life in Reading), Matthew take us through the key stages of CPRE’s first hundred years, from its formation in the 1920s, through wartime change, post-war planning, and the political and environmental shifts of the late twentieth century. He explores CPRE’s role in shaping rural policy, public debate and the protection of the countryside.

This is the companion to our anthology Future Rural – Imagining Tomorrow’s Countryside published in April.

Published by Little Toller Books based in Bridport, Protecting the Countryside is now available to pre-order ahead of publication in early July.