The “olde worlde” charm of St Briavels in the Forest of Dean is popular with tourists. They can even stay in a 13th Century gatehouse, built by Edward I to defend a crossbow bolt factory.
But now there is a new addition to the landscape – a wind turbine local people have helped fund.
It took engineers 24 hours to erect the turbine
The money was raised by green crowd-funding company Abundance Generation, under a scheme in which locals can invest as little as £5 and are promised a return of up to 8% on the investment, depending on how much electricity the turbine generates and sells.
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