Article: Trentham gardens: Second petition to boycott lake walk charge

Internet users are turning to a second online petition to express their anger at a pounds5 charge to walk around Trentham lake.

More than 600 people are supporting a campaign on the iPetitions website calling on the estate managers to have an urgent rethink.

The decision to introduce a joint lake walk and Italian Gardens ticket costing pounds5 for adults, pounds4 for pensioners and pounds3.50 for children was announced on Wednesday and it sparked an angry response on social networking site Facebook.

More than 4,000 people have used Facebook to join a boycott of the Italian Gardens. The new petition is designed for people who are not on the social networking site.

It states: "We the ...

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