Forgotten Landscapes helping to fight illegal off-road biking

PC Rob Maddocks, the Landscape Crime Officer with the Forgotten Landscapes Project, has started a combined effort with a police officer in Twmbarlwm to fight illegal off-road biking.

The Twmbarlwm mountain, and the remains of its Iron Age hill fort, is a well-visited tourist destination and is widely known throughout the region. Over recent decades this historically important site has suffered extensive damage from illegal off-road biking, which has scarred the area by ploughing up the ground.

Through his work with the Forgotten Landscapes Project at the Blaenavon World Heritage Site, Rob Maddocks has developed new techniques for dealing with off-roading, fly tipping and other landscape crime issues. He is now passing on his knowledge to the local police officer Simon James who has been placed in the Twmbarlwm area specifically to fight the persisting problem.

This is a great example of how knowledge gained through the Forgotten Landscapes Project is being spread to other areas within South East Wales.