Reference
CPRE
Title
Campaign to Protect Rural England (Bedfordshire Branches)
Date free text
c.1980-c.2005
Admin/biog history
[formerly known as the Council for the Protection of Rural England]
The inaugural meeting of the Council for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE) Bedfordshire branch took place in 1987 in Maulden. 30 people attended this meeting, presided over by David Astor, the National CPRE Chairman.
The first chair of CPRE Bedfordshire was Michael Brook, who died in 2023.
District groups emerged following the formation of the County Branch. Mid Bedfordshire District Group formed in 1993 and North Bedfordshire District Group formed in 1994. Alice Crampin responded to planning applications in Mid-Bedfordshire from 1987 onwards, and much of her time was taken up campaigning against the proposed Woburn Theme Park and was also heavily involved in plans to redevelop Ridgmont Brickworks.
Additional accessions: 10473 and 11065
Loan status
TOCATawaiting cataloguing
Level of description
fonds