What we do

The land at Brown’s Piece, or Hack Hill, came up for sale in the summer of 2022. Our group of Wotton residents were inspired to save the land from being purchased and developed inappropriately.

We are a voluntary group based in Wotton-under-Edge, working for community ownership and sustainable management of local natural assets to support a thriving natural world and local community.

Our Vision is an ecologically healthy and sustainable town and surrounding area, where everyone who lives, works or visits here feels connected to the natural world as part of the local community.

Our first initiative is to buy land at Brown’s Piece/Hack Hill and care for it to sustain the benefits of this green oasis in the heart of Wotton, to encourage the connection between Wotton residents and nature, and to protect it as a green corridor along the stream between Wotton and Kingswood. To do this we need to raise £175,000 to cover the purchase price, fees, and initial essential works.

We have created WCLT Ltd which will own the land if we are successful. Anyone who lives in Wotton or the surrounding area or who has strong local links may become a shareholder for a £1 fee. Shareholders do not make money from their shares. The return they get is in being part of a local democratic process that gives the community control of how their land is managed .