In the Press
One of Great Ouseburn Primary School's pupils speaks to Sara Cox live on Radio 2 to explain how she raised £100 for Townend Field through the sale of hot chocolates, teas and coffees .
First appearance on BBC Look North
Second appearance on BBC Look North
Dame Judi Dench teams up with Bronte ancestor to help battle to save beauty spot from developers after Labour bid to build 1.5million UK homes.
Two female cultural icons from past and present are helping villagers in a race against time to save a beauty spot from the threat of developers.
Great Ouseburn community look to protect village from developers by buying up Townend farmland and creating nature reserve.
A farmer and environmental campaigner has said a community’s drive to buy agricultural land on the edge of a village to prevent a potential housing development could become a template replicated across the country.
Dame Judi Dench supports nature reserve purchase
Dame Judi Dench has called for support to save a 20-acre site of natural interest that is currently for sale. The actress has given her voice to an appeal to buy Townend Field in Great Ouseburn, near Harrogate, so the local community can benefit from it…
Opportunity to bring Townend Field (Great Ouseburn) into community ownership
There is a proposed community buyout for 20 acres of land in Great Ouseburn for the purpose of education and nature. 6 lots of land are up for sale, with this field being one of those lots. However the site has appeared in North Yorkshire Councils “Call for sites” emerging County Plan so the pressures on to raise £240k…
Dame Judi backs bid to buy landscape with Brontë connections
DAME Judi Dench has given her support to try and save and important part of North Yorkshire’s landscape with Brontë connections. Townend Field, which has been designated a site of interest for nature conservation, was drawn by Anne Brontë when she was a governess…
