About Nature Towns and Cities

Nature Towns and Cities is a coalition of organisations committed to bringing nature, heritage and green space back to the UK’s urban areas for everyone's benefit.

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How we’ll achieve change together

By working together, learning from one another, adopting effective solutions and building new partnerships, you can deliver positive and lasting change in your town or city. Here are some of the ways to get started:

Inspiration and practical guidance

Our library of resources shares proven solutions and best practice from across the UK. Professionals from different sectors share their experience of leading change, alongside step-by-step guides, templates and tools to help you create greener, healthier, more resilient and prosperous places.

Browse our free resources

Events, training and collaboration

You can join a regular schedule of talks, workshops, training and conferences as well as other opportunities for organisations and individuals to network and collaborate. Always free to take part, our events will help you gain the skills and knowledge needed to lead for change in your town or city.

See upcoming events

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Become a Nature Town or City

Accreditation recognises towns and cities putting nature and green infrastructure at the heart of their places and communities. Find out how to become accredited and explore the tools and support available to help you on your journey.  

Learn about accreditation

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Making the case for investment

To help places become investment ready and unlock funding, we will help you develop project pipelines and cases for investment. We're inviting funders and investors to join us in supporting the transformation of towns and cities across the UK.

Opportunities for investors

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Building capacity in towns and cities

Grants to provide much needed capacity, within local government and their partners, have been made available by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Applications have now closed and successful projects/grantees will be announced in July 2025.

About The National Lottery Heritage Fund

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Making an impact for places and people

By 2035, a decade into Nature Towns and Cities, we'll have achieved some big things together:

5 million

more people with access to nature a short walk from home

100 towns and cities transforming their places and communities through nature

1 million

more children playing in nature-rich spaces on their doorstep

1,000

communities taking action for nature and climate in their neighbourhoods

Partners

Founded by major national organisations

The programme was set up by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, National Trust and Natural England.

It builds on the legacy of the Future Parks Accelerator, a previous partnership between The National Lottery Heritage Fund and the National Trust, as well as closely aligning with Natural England’s Green Infrastructure Framework and standards.

Learn more about the partners

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