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Multi-millionaire Duke of Devonshire hires security guards to prevent cyclists from riding on his estate, claims charity
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The multi-millionaire Duke of Devonshire has employed security guards to prevent cyclists from riding on his 30,000-acre estate, according to a cycling organisation.
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2:29 PM May 4, 2021
Council candidates wanted to retain barriers that were used to create new cycle routes around towns like Ipswich.
- Credit: Charlotte Bond
Council candidates views on improving cycling facilities across Suffolk are to be used by pressure group Cycling UK to call for more improvements over the next few years.
A survey was sent to 258 candidates in all the main political parties as well as many independent candidates. The majority supported moves to make cycling more attractive and to try to make cyclists feel safer while out on the roads.
There were only 46 responses - but organiser Tim Regester said that when similar surveys had been carried out in other parts of the country they often had a slow start.
A multi-millionaire aristocrat has denied stopping cyclists from riding through his huge Bolton Abbey estate.
Peregrine Cavendish, the 12th Duke of Devonshire who is worth an estimated £880million, allegedly hired security guards to stop cyclists in the grounds of the 12th century monastery in the Yorkshire Dales.
Cycling UK alleged its members were being denied access to the 30,000-acre estate, claiming they are being met by security guards, more appropriately employed outside of nightclubs.
But in a statement to MailOnline, the estate said cyclists are welcome and there is often a member of staff stationed to remind them of the rules.