£1m farm in Wales for rent for just £1...but there's a catch

A £1m farm in Wales is being made available to rent by the National Trust for just £1 a year, but there is a catch: the tenant must be a farmer who can look after its rare and fragile landscape.

Last year, as part of a 10-year plan to protect the habitats of unique plants and animals, the organisation bought land on Great Orme in North Wales to prevent it being turned into a golf course.

The land includes the 145-acre Parc Farm and grazing rights to 720-acres of headland.

The headland is designated as a protective area for nature, and its fragile limestone grasslands home to rare plants and animals which include:

• Sub-species of silver-studded blue and grayling butterflies

• The wild cotoneaster plant

• Goldilock's aster

• Spiked seedwell

• Kashmiri goats

The Trust is looking for a farmer who is willing to take on the "nature-first" approach to grazing the coastal headland, which might go against the grain of modern farming.

The unconventional farming method will involve long hours shepherding, as the successful candidate will need to regularly move grazing sheep around difficult terrain - as well as working round the 600,000 annual visitors.