Article 42GMK Lake District zip wire given green light after seven-year battle

Lake District zip wire given green light after seven-year battle

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Helen Pidd North of England editor
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Kilometre-long aerial runway to be erected on remote mountain pass to dismay of conservationists

A kilometre-long zip wire will be erected in the Lake District following a seven-year planning battle.

Conservationists have long opposed the plan by Honister slate mine to erect the aerial runway on the remote mountain pass between Borrowdale and Buttermere.

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