Scout Moor Wind Farm
Scout Moor Wind Farm is the second largest onshore wind farm in England. The site occupies 1,347 acres of open moorland between Edenfield, Rawtenstall and Rochdale. A protest group was formed to resist the proposed construction, and attracted support from the botanist and environmental campaigner David Bellamy. Despite the opposition, planning permission was granted in 2005 and construction began in...
