Blenheim farmland makes way for solar and bees

Upto 1,000 hectares of Oxfordshire agricultural land is set to make way for a giant solar farm that could sit amid community allotments and bee hives, it has been revealed.

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Blenheim farmland makes way for solar and bees

Upto 1,000 hectares of Oxfordshire agricultural land is set to make way for a giant solar farm that could sit amid community allotments and bee hives, it has been revealed. The Blenheim Estate has unveiled...

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