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High Meadows Farm, County Durham

Enhancing biodiversity, providing a recreation space for the local community and sequestering carbon.

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High Meadows, County Durham

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High Meadows is a 20 hectare site near Bishop Auckland, in County Durham. Over the past 100 years, it has evolved from colliery to greyhound racing track, to farm, and is now in the process of becoming a woodland. The site is transforming the local landscape and contributing to the owners’ desire to tackle climate change, whilst aligning with their vision of a place that benefits nature, people and the planet.

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Published 2 August 2024

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