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THE STORNOWAY TRUST
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The Stornoway Trust
We are Scotland’s oldest community land trust. The land was gifted to the community in 1923 by Lord Leverhulme.
Our role is the stewardship of the 69,000-acre estate, home to around 11,000 people comprising of over 40 townships, 1,300 crofts, 200 allotments, farmland, and Lews Castle Grounds.
STORNOWAY TRUST AREA
The Crofting Commission
“Creating a well regulated crofting system that positively contributes to the sustainability of rural communities”
Visit their website HERE
Register of Crofts
“There are just over 20,500 crofts entered on the Commission’s Register of Crofts (ROC) of which around 72% are tenanted and the remainder are owned”
Visit their website HERE
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