Tennyson's turbine Map

This map shows the Tennyson Trail snaking through many of the most beautiful parts of Lincolnshire. The siting of large industrial windfarms along this "heritage route" is clear to see as visitors are forced to travel between them on their journey. So in a year of predicted increased tourist numbers to the county just what is the position of our local authorities and tourism officers? - how much dramatic industrialisation can Lincolnshire sustain?

Lincolnshire’s Tourism officers and local government in one hand is promoting heritage, landscape and wide open skies, then in the other entirely failing to address the issues of industrial windfarm proliferation and the damage to our rural tourist economy. BWAG is calling for clarification and immediate action to prevent further damage to our historic county and to prevent the creeping degradation of the nationally important Lincolnshire Wolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

BWAG strongly opposes the siting of large industrial wind turbines in and around delicately balanced heritage landscapes. Families, villages, the local environment, ecosystems and the rural economy have coexisted for centuries to maintain and protect the beautiful Lincolnshire of today. The grotesque and ill-conceived rush to industrialise increasingly rare areas of England’s finest countryside is at odds with Government policy on preservation and community wellbeing. We believe it is time to halt the ruination of Lincolnshire without delay and call on local government to take this issue seriously before it is too late.