AN electrical storm is brewing in Sedgemoor over plans to turn part of a world-famous beauty spot into a corridor of giant pylons.

Anger is building in communities across Mark and the Huntspills, after National Grid this week announced more consultation events over its pylon proposals, which would see electricity taken away from a new nuclear plant at Hinkley Point across the Somerset Levels.

But - as our front-page picture shows - placard-wielding villagers believe the scenic flat countryside would be ravaged by the 46-metre pylons and are demanding National Grid considers underground or undersea cables.

Gareth Woodcock, member of anti-pylon campaign group Pylon-Moor-Pressure, told the Weekly News: “Pylons would be a big, big blot on the landscape here.

“They are also very inefficient. We believe there are alternatives, such as underground and undersea cables, but National Grid are just not looking at them.”

Lois Anderson, from Harp Road in Mark, said: “I think pylons would have a devastating effect on the Somerset Levels.

“Another of my concerns is health. We are quite close to the existing pylon line here and if they up the voltage I would be worried about the health of my children.”

National Grid has dismissed underground cables as too costly - but determined neighbours are not ready to give up the fight.

Alistair Comer, who lives right under the proposed pylon corridor on Totney Farm in Mark, added: “We have not been consulted, we have just been told what National Grid want to do.

“They have to look at other options.”