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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Patrick Barkham

‘Britain’s Yellowstone’: restoration project aims to take the greed out of land acquisition

Aerial view of moorland landscape
The vast glacial bowl of 7,500-acre Emblehope Moor has been bought for £8.5m by Restore. Photograph: Mark Pinder/The Guardian

It is difficult to find the most remote place in England. There is no public transport, no roads and no sign of any human habitation. Online route finders mistakenly direct cars up a grassy track. But miles along gravel forest roads in the far north of Northumberland is the largest contiguous rewilding site under single ownership in the country.

The vast glacial bowl of 7,500-acre Emblehope Moor has been bought for £8.5m by Restore, a nature restoration company that works with landowners across Britain.

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