Traditional orchards are VANISHING from England and Wales landscapes, National Trust claims
Four-fifths of orchards in England and Wales have been lost in the past century. The National Trust conducted research as part of its #BlossomWatch campaign.
Study used artificial intelligence to analyse orchard features on historic maps. Found there are now 80,000 fewer hectares of orchard than prior to 1914. Orchards have been lost to fields for livestock, urban development, arable farming and deciduous woodland
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