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Britford Water Meadows (grid reference) is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Britford, south of Salisbury in Wiltshire. It has an area of 45 acres (18 ha) and was notified in 1975.
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]
East of the village are water meadows created by the Avon. The parish extends some 3 miles (4.8 km) westward across agricultural land, with no named settlements; [2] in this area, about 1 mile south-west of the village, a hospital begun in the Second World War has expanded into the large Salisbury District Hospital which serves a wide area.
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.
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 ...
The Environment Agency measures the water quality of the river systems in England. Each is given an overall ecological status, which may be one of five levels: high, good, moderate, poor and bad. There are several components that are used to determine this, including biological status, which looks at the quantity and varieties of invertebrates ...
Ashmore pond. Cranborne Chase (grid reference) is an area of central southern England, straddling the counties Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire.It is part of the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
Salisbury Beach State Reservation is a state-owned, public recreation area on the Atlantic Ocean in the town of Salisbury, Massachusetts, managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. [4] It is one of the most heavily utilized state parks in the Commonwealth, with "an annual attendance rate of over one million visitors ...