This is such a great idea! A community owned wildlife reserve. A good sized site to!
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a farm near Belper
I love it when British place names sound like they could just as easily be British insults 😄
"What are you doing up there, you bloody belper?"
In some cases they literally are:
Bellend is the british equivalent of dickhead.
I have a cousin who lives in Cockwomble. Makes a masterful spotted dick and you should see her bangers..
83 acres for £300,000, bargain!
This is the best summary I could come up with:
More than 2,000 members of the public backed a Derbyshire Wildlife Trust project to buy a farm near Belper.
Donations of almost £300,000 were added to private and charity contributions to pay for Common Farm in Nether Heage.
The 83-acre site will now be rewilded - where places like parks, golf courses and farmland are encouraged to return to a more natural state.
The trust says it is now excited to start working with the community to develop the site as a great place for people and nature "for generations to come".
Jo Smith, chief executive of the trust, said: "Making more space for nature at Common Farm will give wildlife the chance to recover here, and once regenerated it will store more carbon, help store more water to reduce local flooding and help trap nutrients that leach into our river systems.
"The purchase is also great news for local residents and visitors, who will be able to continue to enjoy the area, and to see it become richer for nature in the years to come."
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