Community groups in Mendip Hills and Frome can apply for grants up to £2,000 from the Mendip Hills Fund for local projects by 2 March 2026.

The future of a beloved beauty spot is hanging in the balance in the face of planned government budget cuts. Somerset is home to three national landscapes - the Blackdown Hills, the Quantock Hills and ...

A stretch of the Mendip Hills in Somerset is to be known as a "super" National Nature Reserve to help boost biodiversity in the area. It will join up 31 existing nature reserves in the section between ...

Mendip Activity Centre has received full planning permission to construct a new purpose-built accessible watersports lake.

Plans to build nearly 80 new homes on the outskirts of a Somerset beauty spot have been approved after a successful planning appeal. Gladman Developments was initially denied outline consent in ...

The parliamentary petitions with the most signatures from the Wells and Mendip Hills constituency have been revealed.

Volunteers have been trained to help visitors to the Mendip Hills get the most from their day out. The rangers and wardens who look after the special sites are encouraged to approach those unfamiliar ...

Emerging plans to build new villages at the foot of the Mendip Hills are “wrong” and the new homes should be build on greenbelt land near Bristol instead. That was the resounding opinion expressed by ...

Voters in Wells and Mendip Hills have gone to the ballot box in the general election 2024. A new Member of Parliament is being elected for the Somerset constituency which includes the wards of Banwell ...

The charm of Britain in the autumn, with its crisp air and vibrant countryside, is clear to see. This season is a favourite for walking holidays, especially when you factor in quaint villages boasting ...

The Mendip Hills is a range of limestone hills to the south of Bristol and Bath, running east to west Work is under way to test if a controversial method of extracting gas could be used on the Mendip ...