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Peak District entry fee could bridge funding gap, national park chief executive suggests
The chief executive said that charging each visitor 10p could give the national park the vital funding it needs ...
Peak District tourists could face charge to enter the national park
He has put forward the idea of charging individual visitors to the Peak District, which is currently visited by around 20 ...
How entry fees took over Britain’s countryside
Growing stretches of the English countryside are “falling behind a paywall,” campaigners warn as national parks grapple with ...
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'10p charge' for all Peak District visitors would offset decade of cuts, says national park authority leader
Charging “as little as 10p” to visit the Peak District would relieve the pressure from 10 years of Government cuts, according ...
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Pay to hike? Visitors could soon be charged to enter Britain’s oldest national park to plug a devastating drop in funding
Hikers, campers, and runners could be asked to hand over anywhere from 10 pence to £1 per visit to help look after the Peak ...
Council introduces BBQ and fireworks ban - with £100 fines for offenders
Fireworks, barbecues and Chinese lanterns will be banned in parts of the Staffordshire Moorlands - with £100 fines for any ...
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BBC’s Springwatch casts light onto Peak District conservation success story
BBC’s popular natural history series, Springwatch, is coming from the National Trust’s Longshaw Estate, situated in the Peak ...
Peak District entry fee idea put forward
The Peak District National Park Authority, based in Bakewell in Derbyshire, says it has had a 50% real terms funding cut over the last decade, while grappling with issues like wildfires and dangerous ...
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Peak District entry fee idea put forward
Charging tourists to visit the Peak District could be the solution to "unprecedented" financial woes, according to the leader of the authority running the national park. The Peak District National ...