25,000 people helped secure 9,500 acres for nature recovery.
The completed Rothbury Estate purchase links moorland, woodland, rivers and farms at the heart of a potential 40-mile recovery corridor.
The Wildlife Trusts and Northumberland Wildlife Trust have completed the purchase of the 9,486-acre Rothbury Estate after their largest fundraising campaign, backed by government, major funders and more than 25,000 people.
WHAT HAPPENED
The heart-shaped Northumberland estate contains moorland, woodland, rivers and farmland, including the Simonside Hills. Bringing the whole property into conservation ownership avoids fragmentation and creates room for habitat restoration, public access and nature-friendly farming. The land sits at the center of a proposed recovery corridor stretching roughly 40 miles from the northeast coast toward Kielder.
WHY THIS IS HOPESLOP
Twenty-five thousand people did not restore an ecosystem overnight. They bought the time, continuity and connected ground on which restoration can actually happen—and kept a giant patch of land from being broken into smaller pieces.
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