Each one bears an inscription for the supporter who sponsored it in a call for 'hedge pledges' at the start of the project. The labyrinth showcases 12 regional styles of Cornish hedging with ...

They’re known as Cornish hedges – not, according to a local booklet, to be referred to as hedgerows or walls – but to my eye, they resemble a kind of drystone wall sandwich, two layers of ...

A multi-million pound upgrade to the A30 in Cornwall has taken an "environmental" turn as contractors build animal crossings and Cornish hedges. Those behind the work said it was being designed ...

The Cornwall Wildlife Trust recently reported that between 1995 and 2005 Cornwall lost almost 100 miles of iconic Cornish hedges. Cheryl Marriott from The Cornwall Wildlife Trust recently said ...

Cornish hedges are traditionally about 5ft (1.52m) high, stone-faced earth hedgebanks with bushes or trees growing along the top. They are also a haven for wildlife including nesting birds and ...

The way the Cornish hedges are made mean they do not have legal protection as hedgerows and could be under threat from developers (Picture: SWNS) Hedges dating back 4,000 years that are an iconic ...

People are being trained at a centre in west Penwith, an area where Cornish hedges date back 4,000 years An organisation has set out to "bring the ancient craft of Cornish hedging back from the ...

As well as animal crossings and the relocation of heathland habitat - eight miles (13km) of traditional Cornish hedging is being built. In 2022 the building of the walled hedges did not go to plan ...