Visitor Giving for Morecambe Bay

Morecambe Bay is special; it's precious landscapes, wildlife, heritage & communities need support to thrive now, and into the future.

And people like you can make a vital difference.

With your support and your customers', small donations for Morecambe Bay help to ensure:

• vital habitats and species are conserved
• the Bay’s heritage is protected and its stories are celebrated & preserved
• communities are supported
• vital education programmes for local children and young people
• improved access to the coast & countryside so that residents and visitors can enjoy the Bay's spectacular landscapes

What's so special about the Bay's Nature and Wildlife?

Morecambe Bay is a truly outstanding landscape of spectacular scale and grandeur. Full of heart-stopping land and seascapes, shining sands, dramatic headlands, and everchanging light.

It’s the largest intertidal area in the UK, supporting an outstanding diversity of wildlife and one of the UK’s most important biodiversity hotspots. This extraordinary diversity of habitats means the Bay is home to internationally significant populations of birds, flora, and invertebrates.

Heritage and Morecambe Bay

Morecambe Bay has an ancient and rich heritage too. Its coast is dotted with impressive archaeology, iconic and precious historic & listed buildings, important industrial and maritime towns, seaside heritage and beautiful villages.

Morecambe Bay’s coastline is also home to farming and fishing, industry and creativity, culture and tourism.

The Bay's Communities

Morecambe Bay is also home to diverse communities, who look out to one another across the vast sands. Around 419,000 people live around the Bay – that’s a significant population, almost the same as the cities of Bristol or Cardiff.

Your Business and Morecambe Bay

From Barrow to Fleetwood, Morecambe Bay has a thriving business community.

Tourism is an important part of the economy and Morecambe Bay welcomes many thousands of additional people to the area every year to experience the Bay’s distinctive landscape, wildlife, heritage and welcoming communities – the things that make Morecambe Bay so special.

The Visitor Giving Scheme for Morecambe Bay is a way for businesses and their customers to give a little back to the place they love so much – Morecambe Bay.

If you want to join this pioneering scheme for the Bay, and create a vital impact in your local area, it's easy - there are two ways and you'll find all the guidance you need in our short, downloadable leaflet.