Why plans for a national park are 'ripping apart' genteel Galloway

Local Facebook groups are 'ablaze with vitriol' as Galloway residents do battle over park plans

Photo collage of two elderly people arguing over the background of a beautiful Galloway landscape
'There will be mutiny if this is forced through – a lot of people are livid'
(Image credit: Illustration by Julia Wytrazek / Getty Images)

A new national park in Galloway, southwest Scotland, would bring an end to the stunning but overlooked region's "obscurity", said The i Paper.

But the proposal to create the UK's first new national park in 15 years is at the centre of an "increasingly bitter" row among local residents, complete with accusations of sign-stealing, a shouting match in the street, and demands for a referendum.

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