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The National Trust is spoiling beautiful places in the name of people who’ll never visit them

It’s time to take a stand against the absurd, patronising drive for ‘accessibility’

15 November 2014

9:00 AM

15 November 2014

9:00 AM

Broadhaven Beach in Pembrokeshire was once a sublime combination of the works of nature and man. The broad, deep, sandy bay is flanked by towering limestone cliffs. Two hundred years ago, a stream leading to the sea was dammed by Lord Cawdor, the then owner, to form the Bosherston Lily Ponds.

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