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 ...

Many Cornish hedges are thousands of years old, preserving field patterns and providing wildlife habitats Specialist hedge-makers in Cornwall are being asked to help determine whether the ancient ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

His photos appear frequently in National Geographic ... laid out with the "hedges" so common in the Cornish landscape. A hedge is a dry stone fence that comes—over the centuries—to be covered ...

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 ...

Three kilometres of Cornish hedges have already been built along the newly-reopened A3075, but large sections between the Chiverton Cross roundabout and the first Perranporth turn-off have fallen ...

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 ...