As The Press reported, the Friends of Severus Hill say momentum for their bid to buy the tiny green oasis - with roots in the last ice age - near the water tower just off Bouthwaite Drive is "building quickly".
But they have until June to raise the needed asking price of just under £170,000 to save the hill which has been reclaimed by nature and is home to a wealth of wild plant and animal species.
Campaigners have received a legacy bid of £10,000 from Joan Wells and her brother-in-law Roy Boyson who died last year aged 100 and 97. They were close friends who shared a passion for nature and wildlife.
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