Campaigners here hail Britain’s scrapping of ‘biggest and ugliest’ pylons

Anti-pylon protesters have claimed their stance has been vindicated by the UK National Grid’s decision to spend £500m (€628m) on scrapping Britain’s “biggest and ugliest” pylons and burying the electricity cables underground.

The National Grid has 571km of pylon lines running through national parks and areas of outstanding beauty in England and Wales, and has identified 25km of cables in eight areas that will see their pylons scrapped.

The areas in question were deemed to have the “biggest and ugliest” pylons in England and Wales, according to a National Grid consultant.