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East Harnham Meadows (grid reference) is a 17.29 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England, in the Harnham suburb to the south-east of the city of Salisbury. [1] The water-meadows are in the flood-plain of the River Avon. The site was notified in 1995 for its herb-rich grassland. [2]
West Harnham is an outer suburb of Salisbury, bisected by the A3054/Netherhampton Road, and is north-west of Old Blandford Road. [22] The suburb is home to the Harnham trading estate as well as the local water meadows. West Harnham was incorporated into the city after East Harnham, being further from the city centre.
The northern part of the parish has water meadows and the River Nadder. The village is bypassed by the A3094 road which links Quidhampton with Harnham, providing a southwestern ring road for Salisbury. Unlike the rest of the Salisbury ring road that is formed of the A36, the A3094 runs through the outer suburbs of Salisbury rather than ...
The Town Path, a walkway that links Harnham with the rest of the city, is at times impassable. Water-meadows at Harnham, fed by two branches of the River Nadder, are first documented in the 17th century. [38] [39] East Harnham Meadows, in the floodplain of the Avon, is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. [40]
Derelict water-meadows can be transformed into wildlife protection and conservation areas by repairing and operating the irrigation, as is the case of Josefov Meadows in the Czech Republic. By imitating the natural river flooding which is rare in modern straightened and dammed rivers, a rich biodiversity can be restored and attract and sustain ...
East Harnham, upstream of Britford, was a tithing of Britford parish until All Saints' church was built there in 1854, and a district chapelry created for it the next year. [18] East Harnham remained within Britford civil parish until 1896 when it was made a separate civil parish, which was abolished in 1904 in an expansion of Salisbury parish ...
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Harnham Gate is a historic gateway in the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire, England. [1] Standing at the southern end of the cathedral close of Salisbury Cathedral, it is also known as the South Gate. It dates back to the fourteenth century and leads to a road connecting the suburb of Harnham on the southern side of the city, across the River Avon.