The Rothbury estate is the largest piece of land to come on sale in England for 30 years.

David Attenborough is championing a campaign to raise £30 million to purchase it and turn it into a wildlife conservation area. Currently £8 million has been raised with a year to go.

Resolution criteria

The market resolves YES if The Wildlife Trusts and Northumberland Wildlife Trust (or other conservationists intending to use it for conservationist purposes) acquire the Rothbury Estate by the end of 2026. Resolution will be confirmed via official announcements from The Wildlife Trusts or Northumberland Wildlife Trust, or credible media articles. The market resolves NO if the deadline passes without a complete purchase, or if the estate is sold to other parties. If only part of the estate is purchased by conservationists, the question resolves to the area of the purchased part as a percentage of what was on sale as of October 2025.

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The Rothbury Estate has been owned by the Percy family, the Dukes of Northumberland, for almost seven centuries, but was listed for sale in 2023 by their youngest son, Lord Max Percy. Over £8 million has already been raised from individual donations ranging from £5 to £5 million, with an additional £250,000 award from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

The estate comprises 15 square miles of former grouse moor, woodland, farmland, streams and rivers. The estate lies at the heart of a 40-mile nature corridor stretching from the north-east coast of England to the central Scottish border.