This report comprises an assessment of the historic environment and archaeological features of Clee Liberty including a discussion of their value and significance in the historic landscape. The report forms the basis for the Historic Environment activities offered and carried out as part of the Our Upland Commons project during 2021 -2023.

Our Common Cause: Our Upland Commons was a landmark project that worked to conserve, enhance and broaden understanding of the cultural and natural heritage of commons and commoning in upland England, working in the Lake District, Dartmoor, the Yorkshire Dales and Shropshire Hills. Read the project’s executive summary.

This guide presents a set of principles of hill sheep husbandry but recognises that practice must be flexible, combining art and science, providing for particular sheep in particular places at particular times. The evolution of hill sheep husbandry is described and analysed as a set of key principles. The relationship between soils, vegetation, and grazing is examined, and an overview of the nutritional value of commonly grazed plants is provided. All aspects are illustrated by reference to science and development studies supported with illustrations.

This leaflet is available to download and has jointly been produced by AONBs, National Parks England, National Sheep Association, Foundation for Common Land, Dartmoor Commoners Council, New Forest Commoners Defence Association, Federation of Cumbria Commoners.

This report shares some of the reflections and opinions that we have heard and, using our interviews as a basis for our conclusions, sets out areas where further work could help towards achieving Our Common Cause’s vision for a collaborative process of decision making and an effective system of support, monitoring and documentation that is in the interests of a positive future for the uplands environment and for farming systems, individual farmers, and wider communities that are closely linked to the commons.

This toolkit provides 20 Fact Sheets and Guidance Notes. These documents provide practical guidance for those involved with common land, which remains under practical agricultural management by farmers and commoners. They can be used by practitioners seeking the sustainable management of commons to provide the widest possible range of public benefits.

A group of commoners from Cumbria and Dartmoor took part in a study tour to look at common land farming systems in Northern Spain. A short report written by Dave Smith, Chairman of the Federation of Cumbria Commoners (FCC) , along with a longer report written by Viv Lewis, FCC administrator, are available to download.

This report investigates the state of commoning in Wales in 2015.

This report was commissioned by Natural England to provide an understanding of the extent, role and significance of pastoral commoning in England and to identify trends from which likely future scenarios can be predicted. 

This report examines the reasons for a very low uptake of agri-environment schemes on common grazings in Scotland, even though these are natural candidates for this type of scheme.

This 2013 report, commissioned by the Foundation for Common Land and supported by the European Forum for Nature Conservation and Pastoralism, examines the distribution and management of agri-environment scheme (AES) funds on common land across England.

This landmark volume provides a comprehensive introduction to the subject and outlines how the concept can be applied in 35 European states. It is richly illustrated throughout with colour photographs, maps and figures.

Natural England's Access to Evidence catalogue. All of their records are free, and unless otherwise stated, they are only available as a PDF download.

This report fills a critical gap in policy analysis by providing a more detailed, updated, and geographically accurate understanding of common grazing lands in Scotland. It also presents an overview of the social and economic state of common grazing in Scotland in 2010.

 The Contested Common Land project was a collaborative project between Newcastle Law School, Lancaster University History Department and the Informatics Research Institute at Newcastle University. It aimed to examine the environmental governance of common land from an interdisciplinary, historical and contemporary perspective.

The project has now drawn to a close but there is a website which serves as an archive of the project.

This book makes a major contribution to common pool resource studies. It offers a new perspective on the sustainable governance of common resources with multiple, often conflicting, uses.

A joint policy document proposing a system of payments to promote a model for more environmentally and economically sustainable farming in Europe.

The four-year Our Common Cause project was designed to be a focus for concerted and collaborative action. It signified a step-change from talking, convening and championing, to a time of action filled with demonstrating, delivering and empowering.