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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Phoebe Weston

Weed-choked pavements anger residents as ‘rewilding’ divides UK towns and cities

Rewilding in Brighton has been criticised for making the city look untidy.
Rewilding in Brighton has been criticised for making the city look untidy. Photograph: Sonja Horsman/The Observer

Brighton is home to the UK’s only Green member of parliament and is outwardly a bastion of progressive politics. Wild spaces here are not only the rolling hills of East Sussex or the beachfront but the smaller, often overlooked, green areas within residential neighbourhoods.

These untamed enclaves are full of nature’s drama, but another kind of drama is playing out among residents who feel that rewilding in the city’s backyard has gone too far.

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