'Once in a generation opportunity': Wildlife Trusts reach agreement buy Rothbury Estate

Stuart Stone
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Simonside Hills, Lordenshaws (c) Duncan Hutt, Northumberland WT
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Simonside Hills, Lordenshaws (c) Duncan Hutt, Northumberland WT

Charities ink two-phase agreement to buy and care for largest piece of contiguous land to be put on the market anywhere in England for the last 30 years

The Wildlife Trusts and the Northumberland Wildlife Trust have agreed a two-phase purchase agreement with the Rothbury Estate to secure a tract of land in northern England and launched a £30m appeal to...

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