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Legal battle over Tottenham Hotspur football pitch plans on unique north London wildlife haven

Source: Alexander Antoniou

In March 2019 the golfers packed up their clubs and vacated the 18-hole golf course at Whitewebbs Park after Enfield council decided to sell off the fairways and putting greens.

In the ensuing years the 240-acre site has been more or less reclaimed by nature, an accidental success story for one of the most vogueish methods of gardening— rewilding.

In terms of ecology and biodiversity,

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