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GREEN PLACES DEBATE
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Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire

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Green Places

Land in the UK is under increasing pressure. The Chairman of the National Trust launched a national debate on the importance of local green places at our 2007 AGM.

How important is it to have ‘open air living rooms’ on your doorstep, as we face new challenges in a changing world? Since then, we've received hundreds of letters and emails about why green places are important to you, plus over a thousand responses to our online survey.

Speaking out to protect green places is nothing new for the Trust. Our founders set out to protect valuable public spaces and to manage them for the benefit of everyone.

A gritstone boulder at Kinder Scout in the Peak District

What's it all about?
Where has this debate come from, and what is it all about?

 
A cow and calf on National Trust land
Your responses
Since last November we've received hundreds of rcomments about green places.
 
St David’s Head

Find a place
Why not venture outdoors - and take it all in with the Trust.