National Trust: outcry at plans to fence-off Wiltshire park for private tenant

Critics say loss of public access to 31 acres of Dinton park goes against charities' core valuesFor years, the rolling landscape of Dinton park has been a favourite haunt of dog walkers, runners and seekers of tranquility. When it snows children sledge down Toboggan Hill and during the Covid lockdowns, it became a place of solace and reflection. There is a beloved view of Salisbury Cathedral's spire, which seems to float above the trees nine miles away.But a decision by the National Trust to lease out the Neo-Grecian Philipps House at the heart of the estate and, more importantly for lovers of the landscape, fence off a large chunk of the parkland to give the new tenant privacy has caused uproar. Continue reading...