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News: Euro grant landed, but Ilkley Moor has to wait
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Submitted by vicky on Thursday, 20 November 2003 Page Views: 4173
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A group set up to protect and improve areas such as Ilkley Moor in the South Pennines has won a grant of nearly £1 million from the European Union. The Standing Conference of Southern Pennine Authorities (SCOSPA) has picked up a grant of £850,000 after joining forces with partners from four other European countries.
But major improvements to Ilkley Moor will have to wait until the next round of grant awards, according to the town's countryside boss.
SCOSPA is made up of nine local authorities in Yorkshire and Lancashire which have areas of South Pennine moorland within their boundary.
The group, which is chaired by Bradford environmental boss and Ilkley district and parish councillor Anne Hawkesworth, bid for the cash with 15 other groups from Belgium, France, Germany and the Netherlands.
One of the main projects will be to launch SCOSPA as a rural regeneration company next year so that it can attract a wider membership, which should make it easier to bid for extra funding.
If the expected new funding comes on-stream, a wide range of improvements on Ilkley Moor could result, according to Danny Jackson, Bradford Council's countryside officer for Ilkley.
Mr Jackson said: "In the future, the fact that this company has been set up will allow it to get money for the Ilkley Moor management plan."
That could mean more stone slabs being laid to prevent footpath erosion on the path across the moor to Bingley, the cutting back of bracken and surveys of wildlife to make sure that the moor was being managed efficiently. Bradford Council manages Ilkley Moor as a traditional grouse shooting area but without issuing licences.
There could also be more education work done to make sure locals and visitors appreciated the significance of archaeological sites on the moor such as the Twelve Apostles stone circle or the Swastika stone.
Countryside officers would like to see more interpretation boards in areas such as the Cow and Calf rocks car park.
Mr Jackson said: "We have a management plan to cover the next ten years but we can only do a certain amount with existing resources."
The bid for European funding was made by the Netherlands for the whole of the group and the grant was formally accepted earlier this month.
As well as conservation work, the grant will also help a project to enhance economic activity in Southern Pennine areas by promoting markets for local produce.
Councillor Hawkesworth said: "I am thrilled that we have managed to secure this money to help protect some of the most wonderful open spaces in the country and I am also honoured to be representing SCOSPA.
"This is a very good example of what people with shared interests can achieve when they work closely together, pool their resources and share their experiences and expertise."
SCOSPA was set up in 1974 as a Southern Pennine conservation body and as well as Bradford, its members include Calderdale, Kirklees, Rochdale, Oldham, Rossendale, Burnley, Pendle, Lancashire County Council, United Utilities, the Southern Pennine Association and Pennine Heritage.
Source: Ilkley Gazette 20/11/2003
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Re: Euro grant landed, but Ilkley Moor has to wait (Score: 1)
by DavidRaven on Saturday, 22 November 2003
(User Info | Send a Message) | I'm not one to resist change and I'd like the money to be spent here (wisely). But, I've already seen bulldozers clearing moorland near the northern fringe of Ilkley Moor, by the town, with what seems to be scant regard for any rock-art that may lie hidden in the heather.
I dearly hope I don't see the area become a Country Park!
The trails of discarded Special Brew cans penetrate deeper into the moor every year.
Sacred carvings seem to be the target of ignorant vandalism all too often.
Will as much be spent on environmental education as the laying of paths? As much on increasing awareness and appreciation of ancient sites as on increasing car-parking capacity?
I'll watch with interest (and a naive hope!)...
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Re: Euro grant landed, but Ilkley Moor has to wait (Score: 1)
by andy_h on Monday, 24 November 2003
(User Info | Send a Message) | I completely agree with Dave here. I'd hate to see the moor prettied up or even made more accessible. The rubbish situation on the moor is getting worse and it is education that is needed rather than catering for greater numbers. Footpath erosion is not the most immediate problem on the moor.
Info boards at the main access points for the moor would be good, but I'd hate to see the moor littering with info boards at sites.
We've already seen the Bradup Circle destroyed recently due to land clearance and more sites will go unless an initiative is presented to landowners around the moor's fringes.
Grafitti on rock art is becoming a real problem. The Haystack rock suffering in particular. Much of the rock art is already weathered and very delicate, so any unnecessary wear must be actively discouraged if further generations are to be able to learn from their heritage.
Maybe a warden to keep on top of the litter problem and discourage grafitti would be a good idea? I'd do it! Sounds like an ideal job to me!!
Do you think we should write to the powers that be Dave? Maybe outline a few things that concern us as people who care about the moor and it's history?
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500 acres of Ilkley moor reduced to ash! (Score: 1)
by DavidRaven on Saturday, 05 August 2006
(User Info | Send a Message) | Controversial plans to set up a management trust for Ilkley Moor have been ditched in the wake of last week's devastating blaze.
Landowner Bradford Council said it would no longer be pursuing the scheme following the fire which destroyed around 500 acres of heather land.
The Council has opted to keep and care for the moor and is looking at raising the thousands of pounds needed for restoration.
Bradford Council environment chief Councillor Anne Hawkesworth said they would be working quickly to get regeneration funding in place.
"The trust will not now be going ahead," she confirmed. "A likely scenario is that we arrange the sale of disused property on the moor and the money from that will be ring-fenced."
She said the Council would then apply for a similar amount of lottery funding, alongside Government-funded stewardship schemes.
She also revealed plans for a friends of Ilkley Moor' style group to attract additional funding for repairing and managing the moor. The group would not have decision-making responsibilities. She added: "The trust had been the catalyst for setting something up along these lines, but the fire has certainly moved things along.
"Ilkley Moor is iconic the world over. I know there have been fires on other moors, but we really have to let people know that we are doing all we can to bring this moor back to how it was."
The Prince of Wales is expected to be invited to visit the moor to boost fundraising for the officially-recognised Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). Councillor Hawkesworth said the Council had felt frustrated at being unable to automatically close the moor as temperatures soared in the days leading up to last Wednesday's outbreak. "Other moor custodians had done so, but because Ilkley Moor is common land we could not go ahead and just do that," she said.
source: http://www.thisisbradford.co.uk/news/tibnews/display.var.865564.0.moor_trust_plan_axed_after_blaze.php | [ Reply to This ]
Re: 500 acres of Ilkley moor reduced to ash! (Score: 1)
by DavidRaven on Saturday, 05 August 2006
(User Info | Send a Message) | We ventured up there today to see if the fire had revealed any unrecorded remains. It's not an area of the moor that's known for rock art, standing stones or circles, but you never know... There did seem to be evidence of the remains of very old walling, but whether it was 'ancient' enclosure or more recent boundary walling we couldn't tell.
And there was a large pile of stones with the hint of a squared-off chamber that, with a slight stretch of the imaginary faculties, looked a lot like the long cairn at Bradley, west of Ilkley moor. |
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Re: 500 acres of Ilkley moor reduced to ash! (Score: 1)
by ShropshireTraveller on Saturday, 05 August 2006
(User Info | Send a Message) | | Would this include better pro-active management of the 12 Apostles? Tim. | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: 500 acres of Ilkley moor reduced to ash! (Score: 1)
by Nick- on Sunday, 29 October 2006
(User Info | Send a Message) | Interesting to hear about increased sightings of 'Special brew' on those moors... I went recently to Caer Drewyn after a nine year break. I was really impressed by the new foot path signs and increased accessibility.. Get to the top and find 2 new modern cairns....(made out of the remains of the old wall).... (No 'Special Brew' though...)
People are pests....(and I include myself in that catagory, driving around in my car -spewing out fumes- to visit an old site.....)
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