Hutton Roof cottage with anti-wind farm placard
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Hutton Roof cottage with anti-wind farm placard
Image: © Karl and Ali Taken: 28 Jan 2011
The datestone above the door has the initial 'G' and the year 1877. Of more urgent concern is the 'No wind farm in Kirkby Lonsdale' placard. Eon plan to build nine 110m-tall turbines on land just east of the village which would completely destroy the character of the middle Lune Valley. The group set up to fight the proposal is http://www.landscapefirst.com/
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Image Location
Latitude
54.197207
Longitude
-2.659675