A PROJECT to improve the South Pennines landscape and boost people’s involvement in the environment has won a coveted global award.

Keighley News: Artists in residence on the Watershed Landscape project, from left, Andrew McMillan, Char March, Angie Rogers, Sally Barker and Simon Warner The South Pennines Watershed Landscape initiative was among 34 British and international schemes battling it out in the annual Landscape Institute Awards.

It took the top accolade in the communications and presentations category.

The three-year Watershed Landscape project – managed by rural regeneration company Pennine Prospects – tells the story of the South Pennines through a number of activities based on science, archaeology and creative arts.

Artists in residence – including Worth Valley photographer and film-maker Simon Warner – have conducted workshops in schools, community centres and on the moors. And on the moorland above Riddlesden, volunteers have carried out the Carved Stones Investigation project.

Pennine Prospects chairman Pam Warhurst said she was delighted at the award and attributed it to strong teamwork. She added: “The partnerships we have developed across the South Pennines are continuously working together.”