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Bid to buy vast estate for nature celebrates £10million milestone

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January 03, 2026

A CONSERVATION campaign backed by Sir David Attenborough to raise £30million to secure a vast upland estate in Northumberland for nature has celebrated reaching one third of the total.

Bid to buy vast estate for nature celebrates £10million milestone

The Rothbury Estate in Northumberland

(JOHN MILLARD/PA WIRE)

The Wildlife Trusts and Northumberland Wildlife Trust aim to buy a historic 9,500 acre estate near Rothbury and boost nature, restore bogs and support environmentally friendly farming.

The estate encompasses grouse moor, woodland, farms, streams and rivers and represents the largest land sale in England for decades.

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