The Land Trust is a British charity, based in
Warrington
Warrington () is a town and unparished area in the borough of the same name in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, on the banks of the River Mersey. It is east of Liverpool, and west of Manchester. The population in 2019 was estimat ...
, Cheshire, which owns or manages open spaces restored from derelict land for public benefit. Its vision is "to improve the quality of people’s lives by creating sustainable, high quality green spaces that deliver environmental, social and economic benefits".
The Land Restoration Trust was created in 2004 to ensure that restoration projects for derelict land would have a long-term future. It became independent as The Land Trust in 2009/10.
Projects
the Land Trust owns or manages more than in more than 50 spaces in England, and is developing projects in Scotland.
Spaces include:
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Northumberlandia
''Northumberlandia'' (the "Lady of the North") is a huge land sculpture in the shape of a reclining female figure, which was completed in 2012, near Cramlington, Northumberland, northern England.
Made of 1.5 million tonnes of earth from neighbo ...
, a land sculpture near Cramlington, Northumberland
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Phoenix Park, Thurnscoe
Phoenix Park is a park in Thurnscoe, South Yorkshire, England, that is currently owned by The Land Trust and maintained in partnership with The Conservation Volunteers.The Land Trus"Phoenix Park - The Land Trust" ''The Land Trust'', 23 May 201 ...
, on the former Hickleton Main Colliery in South Yorkshire
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Braeburn Park, a nature reserve in London Borough of Bexley
The Land Trust is working with
Buglife
Buglife – The Invertebrate Conservation Trust (usually referred to simply as Buglife) is a UK-based nature conservation charity.
Structure
Buglife's head office is in Peterborough, England; with additional offices in Scotland, Wales, Norther ...
in a project to conserve pollinating insects, initially on the trust's Yorkshire sites.
References
Further reading
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Charities based in Cheshire
Environmental charities based in the United Kingdom
Ecological restoration
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