A 50-acre woodland, which was recently given Town Green status to protect it for future generations, is being enhanced.

And a row of 125 concrete posts, once marking the dividing line between two owners of Hookstone Wood, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, has been removed.

For a group campaigning to win lasting protection for what has been dubbed the "community's wood", removal of the posts was regarded as a symbolic act.

The wood, which runs from Hookstone Road to the Great Yorkshire Showground and the fringe of Crimple Valley, won its green status thanks to a five-year campaign by Hookstone and Crimple Wood Preservation Group.

Until local government reorganisation in 1972, the wood was owned by Harrogate Borough Council. Then, it was divided into two, partly owned by the borough and the rest by North Yorkshire County Council. Now, it is wholly managed by the borough's parks department.

After a decision by the county council agreeing to Town Green status, woodland footpaths are now being restored and general maintenance carried out to make it more welcoming for visitors.