Lake District campaign plans legal action over off-road vehicles

National park's decision not to ban 4x4s from tracks is outrageous, says action group

Campaigners are launching a legal challenge to the Lake District National Park Authority's "outrageous" refusal to ban 4x4s and trail motorbikes from farm tracks on hills once owned by Beatrix Potter.

In recent years there has been a marked increase in the number of off-road vehicles using the tracks between Little Langdale and High Tilberthwaite, which Potter bought in 1929 and which was later acquired by the National Trust.