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Caring for the environment

Group of people behind a dry stone wall

National Grid funding helps conserve historic landscape

16 Mar 2022
Volunteers trained to rebuild dry stone walls on the Mendip Hills
Estelle Slater and Tim Moxey by 2000th tree planted on Hinkley Connection Project

2,000th tree planted on the Hinkley Connection Project

8 Mar 2022
5,959 trees and 277,060 square metres of woodland to be planted by 2025

Underground cables reinforce special status of Mendip Hills

28 Jan 2022
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty team visit to learn more about the works

Landscaping partners ready for planting season

8 Nov 2021
A further 1,260 trees to be planted by March 2022

Going … going … gone!

19 Oct 2021
Residents say goodbye to 9km of overhead lines and pylons

Sustainable thinking keeps Hinkley Connection Project green

30 Sep 2021
Electric vehicles and rainwater harvesting on the Hinkley Connection Project
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