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Charitable organization
A charitable organization is a type of non-profit organization . It differs from other types of NPOs in that it centers on philanthropic goals A charitable organization is a type of non-profit organization (NPO). It differs from other types of NPOs in that it centers on philanthropic goals A...
based in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. It opened its first Field Centre in 1947 at Flatford Mill
Flatford Mill
Flatford Mill is a Grade I listed 18th century watermill built in 1733 in Flatford, East Bergholt, Suffolk, England. Attached to the mill is a 17th century miller's cottage which is also Grade I listed....
, and now operates 17 Field Centres in various locations in England
England
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, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
and Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
offering both residential and non-residential field courses. FSC has published a wide range of titles to support its work over the last 50 years, including fold-out charts and the AIDGAP series of identification guides. Their head office is located on the site of the Preston Montford
Preston Montford
Preston Montford Field Studies Centre, west of Shrewsbury, is a large eighteenth century house with later additions, set in of grassland and woodland on the banks of the River Severn...
field centre near Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, in the West Midlands region of England. Lying on the River Severn, it is a civil parish home to some 70,000 inhabitants, and is the primary settlement and headquarters of Shropshire Council...
, Shropshire
Shropshire
Shropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...
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Field Studies Centres
- AmershamAmershamAmersham is a market town and civil parish within Chiltern district in Buckinghamshire, England, 27 miles north west of London, in the Chiltern Hills. It is part of the London commuter belt....
- BlencathraBlencathraBlencathra, also known as Saddleback, is one of the most northerly mountains in the English Lake District. It has six separate fell tops, of which the highest is the Hallsfell Top.-Name:...
(in partnership with the Lake District National ParkLake District National ParkThe Lake District National Park is located in the north-west of England and is the largest of the English National Parks and the second largest in the United Kingdom. It is in the central and most-visited part of the Lake District....
Authority) - Castle Head
- Dale FortDale FortDale Fort is a battery site to the West of Milford Haven, Wales.Occupied from Elizabethan times to the present day, the main buildings were built for the military protection of Milford Haven in the 1850s, but the most unusual feature is its use for trials of Edmund Zalinski's Pneumatic Dynamite Gun...
- DerrygonnellyDerrygonnellyDerrygonnelly is a small village and townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Near Lower Lough Erne, the village was home to 594 people and dates to the Plantation era....
(in partnership with DerrygonnellyDerrygonnellyDerrygonnelly is a small village and townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Near Lower Lough Erne, the village was home to 594 people and dates to the Plantation era....
and District Community Enterprises) - Epping ForestEpping ForestEpping Forest is an area of ancient woodland in south-east England, straddling the border between north-east Greater London and Essex. It is a former royal forest, and is managed by the City of London Corporation....
(managed on behalf of the City of London Corporation) - Flatford MillFlatford MillFlatford Mill is a Grade I listed 18th century watermill built in 1733 in Flatford, East Bergholt, Suffolk, England. Attached to the mill is a 17th century miller's cottage which is also Grade I listed....
- Juniper HallJuniper HallJuniper Hall Field Centre, leased from the National Trust, is a 18th century country house in a quiet wooded valley within the chalk North Downs in Surrey. It is about from Box Hill and only from central London. Nearby habitats and environments for study include unimproved chalk grassland,...
- KindroganKindrogan HouseKindrogan House is located near Enochdu, Blairgowrie, Perth and Kinross in Moulin parish, at the head of Strath Ardle, 7 miles ENE of Pitlochry and 2½ miles northwest of Kirkmichael...
(in partnership with the Scottish Field Studies Association) - London EastLondon EastLondon East was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of London East and Middlesex ridings....
- Malham TarnMalham Tarn Field Studies CentreMalham Tarn Field Studies Centre, situated near Malham Tarn in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire, England, occupies a large Georgian country house, leased from the National Trust. The centre is run by the Field Studies Council and is popular with both geography and biology...
- Margam Discovery Centre (in partnership with Neath Port TalbotNeath Port TalbotNeath Port Talbot is a county borough and one of the unitary authority areas of Wales. Neath Port Talbot is the 8th most populous county in Wales and the third most populous county borough....
County Borough Council) - Nettlecombe CourtNettlecombe CourtNettlecombe Court is a large country mansion in the English county of Somerset. Nettlecombe Court was originally built as a manor house, becoming a girls' boarding school in the early 1960s and since 1967 has been the Leonard Wills Field Centre run by the Field Studies Council...
- Orielton
- Preston MontfordPreston MontfordPreston Montford Field Studies Centre, west of Shrewsbury, is a large eighteenth century house with later additions, set in of grassland and woodland on the banks of the River Severn...
- Rhyd-y-creuauRhyd-y-creuauRhyd-y-creuau Field Centre is a Georgian stone house in two hectares of wooded grounds near Betws-y-coed in the Conwy Valley, in Conwy county borough, Wales. It is close to the mountainous environment of the Snowdonia National Park...
- Slapton LeySlapton LeySlapton Ley is a lagoon on the south coast of Devon, England, separated from Start Bay by a shingle beach, known as Slapton Sands.It is the largest natural freshwater lake in South West England....