moorland

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In Halifax, West Yorkshire Police was called to Leadbeater Dam on moorland off Lumb Lane at about 15:20 BST to reports a teenage boy had got into difficulty in the water.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

From a hillside above Abercarn in Caerphilly county, Grace Lloyd points across the moorland she can see from her home.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

Tensions were highlighted in 1932 by the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, moorland kept exclusively for grouse shooting by its owner, the Duke of Devonshire.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Ross Ewing, director of moorland and strategic projects at Scottish Land and Estates, praised the swift action of gamekeepers who reported the injured bird promptly.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

Through three high windows he saw the moorland, bare and brown, snow-patched here and there, in the mild sunlight of winter.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin