Lower Gill Environmental Policy

At Lower Gill we are committed to providing an enjoyable holiday for our guests, by means of our comfortable holiday cottages finished to high standards, our swimming pool and our leisure facilities. At the same time, we want to limit the environmental impact of our activities whilst still maintaining our high standards. Membership of the Green Tourism Business Scheme enables us to effectively combine these two aims.

The Green Tourism Business Scheme provides accreditation and by encouraging sustainable practices enables tourism businesses to reduce the environmental impact of their activities.

General Activities

• The fitting of low energy light bulbs.
• Using recycled paper products.
• Recycling waste- glass, tin and some plastics.
• Providing details of locally sourced food and drink, at farmers’ markets or
  restaurants and other outlets.
• Reducing amount of laundry by guests closing doors on unused rooms.

Unique to Lower Gill

• The fitting of a district heating system for the whole site, fuelled by woodchip, which is carbon neutral. The wood comes from Gisburn Forest - on our doorstep.
• Using more environmentally friendly cleaning products, most are made by Tricia from completely natural materials.
• Encouraging our guests to compost their kitchen waste in our vegetable garden.
• Selling our own free range eggs, home grown vegetables and home produced preserves.
• Encouraging guests to walk from the site by providing information on local walks, particularly along our own permissive footpath.
• Encouraging cyclists by providing information on cycle routes and bike hire in the vicinity.
• Membership of the Countryside Stewardship scheme which by hedgerow planting and pond creation provides shelter for wildlife.
• Attempting to grow our own soap beans for use in laundry.

Saving more than just money details of our woodchip heating system (Tosside News July 2005)

Green Tourism Links

Green Tourism Business Scheme

Forest of Bowland Sustainable Tourism Business Network

Please follow the Sustainable Tourism Visitor code

Please follow the Countryside Code (PDF 268kb)

European Charter for Sustainable Tourism in Protected Areas

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