Dragons' Den star Rachel Elnaugh is ordered to demolish £1million anti-vaxxers sanctuary in the Peak District built for 'shamanic rituals' and as a 'safe haven away from the threat of humanity' 

• Rachel Elnaugh, 58, has been told to tear down her 'safe haven' for anti-vaxxers
• The development was built in Cressbrook Dale in the Peak District, Derbyshire 
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A former Dragons' Den star, who once said Chris Whitty should hang for recommending the Covid vaccine to children, has been told to take down a 'safe haven' for anti-vaxxers.

Rachel Elnaugh, 58, who starred in season two of Dragons' Den, raised almost a £1million with a group called Phoenix Rose to buy a 70-acre plot in the Peak District in June. 

The entrepreneur, who left the popular reality TV show after her gift company Red Letter Days went into administration in 2005, said the land acted as a 'safe haven away from the threat humanity [is] facing' and described the Covid vaccination programme as part of a 'great reset'. 

The development, which included a teepee and a car park, had been built without planning permission. The group, also called the Inner Sanctum, said the site at Cressbrook Dale in Derbyshire would be used for its 'shamanic rituals'.

On Friday, however, the Peak District National Park Authority ordered Ms Elnaugh and her fellow conspiracy theorists to tear the structures down and return the land to its former state.

The enforcement notice said the site 'failed to respect or enhance the character of their surroundings and have a significant harmful effect on the character and appearance of the landscape'.

The land the group bought is designated as a 'nature zone' and has the highest category of conservation protection because it contains ash and wych elm woodland. It forms part of the Derbyshire Dales National Nature Reserve.

Earlier this year, Phoenix Rose's prospectus listed its intentions for the land, including 'forest bathing, shamanic wisdom and natural healing' as well growing vegetables. 

Covid conspiracy zealot Ms Elnaugh has described the estate as 'an incredible vagina of land', according to The Times. 

During the pandemic, the former Dragon faced severe criticism for her anti-vax opinions.

The businesswoman, who lives in Bakewell, Derbyshire, said the Covid pandemic was a 'great bio-weapon' released by a 'dark cabal' in Switzerland.

She also said that England's chief medical officer, Chris Whitty, who became a well-known figure during the pandemic, should 'hang' for vaccinating children. 

Ms Elnaugh, who is standing in the local elections in Bakewell for the Love Party, said she decided to buy the land after realising that a temple had been 'manifested... exactly north-south oriented to the earth's magnetic field'.

The businesswoman made her fortune through her gift company, which was sold in August 2005 to her business colleague Peter Jones and Theo Paphitis, who saved it from bankruptcy.

It was later sold to a competitor, SmartBox, in 2017. 

Writing in her memoir following the collapse of her business, she said those who had been 'abusive' towards her had come to a 'sticky end'.

She also blamed an 'army of faceless, jealous people' for the gift business going into administration. 

On her website, she describes herself as a 'creator, communicator and changemaker'.  

In 2012 she became the business manager for the alternative medicine practitioner and TV personality Stephen Russell, known as The Barefoot Doctor. 

Russell, who died in 2020, stopped practicing after he admitted having had sex with former patients.