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Battery plant and beaver enclosure both claim 'UK's largest' title in contrasting fields

A Somerset battery factory and a Gloucestershire beaver enclosure are each described as the UK's biggest in their field, highlighting the split between industrial manufacturing and rewilding.

Two announcements in Somerset and Gloucestershire have each staked a claim to be the 'UK's largest' in their field, one in battery manufacturing and one in beaver rewilding [1][2]. Somerset Council reported that leaders visited the Agratas battery manufacturing facility at Gravity Smart Campus near Bridgwater, where Tata Group is making a multi-billion pound investment in what the council called the UK's largest battery manufacturing investment [1]. BBC News Gloucestershire reported that an estate is to build what it described as the UK's largest beaver enclosure, with the habitat due to open within two years as part of wider rewilding efforts [2].

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  1. Somerset Council news: Council leaders see progress on UK’s largest battery manufacturing investment
  2. BBC News Gloucestershire: Estate to build 'UK's largest beaver enclosure'

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