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Last modified on Wed 26 May 2021 07.11 EDT Road verges covering 1.2% of Great Britain, an area the size of Dorset, could be used to grow wildflower meadows and create habitat for wildlife, a study says. In a report outlining the scale of road verges in England, Scotland and Wales, researchers from the University of Exeter used Google Earth and Google Street View to estimate that verges account for about 1,000 sq miles (2,579 sq km) of the UK’s land. According to the report, up to 707 sq km (27.47%) of road verges are short, frequently mown grassland. The rest includes 1,062 sq km (40.87%) o...

Credit: Ben Phillips Road verges cover 1.2% of land in Great Britain - an area the size of Dorset - and could be managed to help wildlife, new research shows. University of Exeter researchers used Google Earth and Google Street View to estimate that verges account for 2,579 km2 (almost 1,000 square miles) of land. About 27% of these verges are frequently mown, 41% is wilder grassland, 19% is woodland and the rest is scrub. There are "significant opportunities" to improve verges by reducing mowing and planting trees, the researchers say. "Our key message is that there's a lot of road verge in ...

Rame Head at the start of Whitsand Bay - Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Our cultural heritage in the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is not only defined by the flora, fauna, wildlife and coast. It includes ancient monuments which dot the protected landscape providing intrigue, imagination and hint at Cornwall’s incredible history. Mount Edgcumbe Getty Images/iStockphoto - Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto If your New Year includes improving your wellbeing, why not discover somewhere new – and ancient? Located in Section 11 of Cornwall AONB, Rame Head’s Maker Heights is ofte...

Last modified on Fri 15 Jan 2021 08.00 EST High on a Cornish moor, a living, breathing piece of artwork that is designed to last thousands of years is taking shape. Called Kerdroya, the piece is a labyrinth – billed as the largest of its kind in the world and constructed out of Cornish hedges, which are a unique combination of stone and vegetation. The footings of the hedges, the foundation boulders, or “grounders”, are in place, having been hauled out of the shallows of the nearby Colliford Lake by horse and sledge. As soon as Covid allows, hundreds of people, including schoolchildren,...

The proposed access point for the development at St Keverne which was refused planning permission (Image: Google) Plans to build new homes in a village on the Lizard Peninsula have been refused planning permission with one councillor describing them as “dreadful”. Trelyn Developments had applied for permission to building 14 new homes on land known as The Bowling Green in St Keverne. The development would have included four affordable homes and had been recommended for approval by Cornwall Council planning officers. However the council’s west sub-area planning committee disagree...