Examples include restoring nature in the landscape at a former gravel pit, says its chairman.

A landscape restoration project inspired by one of the nation’s most beloved nature poets has already seen good results, according to the project’s chairman.

The 19th Century poet John Clare grew up in Helpston, Cambridgeshire, then a part of Northamptonshire, and wrote about the loss of the scenery he loved as a child.

The John Clare Countryside Project was set up in 2019 with the aim of connecting Peterborough to Stamford, Lincolnshire, through green corridors of farmland.