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For the first time in nearly 20 years, neighbors are expected to stroll along a beauty spot footpath for the first time in almost 20 years, after being blocked by a landowner. When Ellen Salton, a 56-year-old woman, put up 'private property' signs aiming to discourage people from walking to 'beautiful' bluebell woods, she sparked a controversy. The signs were up on the walkway in Tredomen, South Wales, as early as 2004, and fencing now blocks its entrance.

Ellen Salton, 56, has been embroiled in a controversy after erecting the signs to discourage local people (left) from enjoying a popular park (right) in Tredomen, South Wales, starting in 2004. Susan Smith, 74, petitioned Caerphilly County Borough Council (inset) in 2019 for the footpath to be declared a public right of way, but the pedestrian path was still accessible to the bluebell woods. Under Section 53 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, the local authority proclaimed it a new public right of way in 2019. Ms Salton appealed the decision, arguing that there is a 'conspiracy' against her.