Police guidelines suggesting the public can visit the countryside to exercise are ‘hugely unhelpful’ and ‘could undo efforts to prevent the spread of coronavirus across rural Britain’, Rural Crime Network warns Guidance it’s ‘lawful’ for Britons to drive somewhere to exercise during lockdown But NRCN said this risks encouraging people to travel to rural towns … Read more
Protesters are locked in a furious row with the National Trust over plans to turn acres of idyllic Green Belt countryside into a sprawling car park for a moated manor house. Ightham Mote, near Sevenoaks, already has 232 parking spaces but the conservation charity wants to double capacity by moving the car park to a nearby area … Read more
The rare white stork that vanished from the British countryside over 400 years ago has been successfully reintroduced in West Sussex. The rare birds — once a common sight in Britain until around the end of the Civil War in the 1600s — have now returned to the Knepp Estate of Horsham, West Sussex. This … Read more
European wild rabbits are relocating to the city in numbers to enjoy the preferable living conditions there, according to a new study. German scientists say that intense farming is leading to a loss of living space for rabbits in rural areas, compared to urban areas where food scraps are aplenty. Countryside rabbits also face more … Read more
It looks like a pretty cottage in the heart of the countryside. But initial impressions can be deceptive, as this little gem of a property proves. Rather than being surrounded by fields, the house is in the heart of South East London’s Peckham, a now trendy hotspot with railway arch bars and old-school pubs that … Read more