“This is the equivalent to trying to build a cable car in front of Buckingham Palace. Cheddar Gorge is of international importance. There are better ways of driving business without destroying the very asset people come to see. It is far better to retain the uniqueness of the place.”
Helen Bonser-Wilton, assistant director of operations at the National Trust.
I explored this planned development of cable cars in Cheddar Gorge with student before the holiday and over half term, this has come into the news once again and here are a few links that you could follow to bring the story up to date.
First, there's a clip from West Country News.... (may only work for a limited time)
A few different opinions expressed here...
Also an article from the Daily Mail, which shows some mocked up images of how the cable car will look, and describes the plans.
Also an article in the Independent
Followed by two local papers:
- the Cheddar Valley Gazette
- the Weston Mercury
The National Trust and the CPRE are both against the planned development in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)
CPRE have produced a report on what they call 'England's Threatened Landscapes'
Click HERE to download a report and also map and other materials relating to this report.
Cheddar Gorge is included on the map of threatened landscapes...
We used Digimap for Schools to create maps of the Gorge to use with our work...
We will be practising our map skills again over the next few weeks as we get nearer to exam week.
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