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Gazetteer.Doc Revised from 10/03/02
Save No. 91 Printed 10/03/02 10:33 AM Gazetteer.doc Revised From 10/03/02 Gazetteer compiled by E J Wiseman Abbots Ann SU 3243 Bighton Lane Watercress Beds SU 5933 Abbotstone Down SU 5836 Bishop's Dyke SU 3405 Acres Down SU 2709 Bishopstoke SU 4619 Alice Holt Forest SU 8042 Bishops Sutton Watercress Beds SU 6031 Allbrook SU 4521 Bisterne SU 1400 Allington Lane Gravel Pit SU 4717 Bitterne (Southampton) SU 4413 Alresford Watercress Beds SU 5833 Bitterne Park (Southampton) SU 4414 Alresford Pond SU 5933 Black Bush SU 2515 Amberwood Inclosure SU 2013 Blackbushe Airfield SU 8059 Amery Farm Estate (Alton) SU 7240 Black Dam (Basingstoke) SU 6552 Ampfield SU 4023 Black Gutter Bottom SU 2016 Andover Airfield SU 3245 Blackmoor SU 7733 Anton valley SU 3740 Blackmoor Golf Course SU 7734 Arlebury Lake SU 5732 Black Point (Hayling Island) SZ 7599 Ashlett Creek SU 4603 Blashford Lakes SU 1507 Ashlett Mill Pond SU 4603 Blendworth SU 7113 Ashley Farm (Stockbridge) SU 3730 Bordon SU 8035 Ashley Manor (Stockbridge) SU 3830 Bossington SU 3331 Ashley Walk SU 2014 Botley Wood SU 5410 Ashley Warren SU 4956 Bourley Reservoir SU 8250 Ashmansworth SU 4157 Boveridge SU 0714 Ashurst SU 3310 Braishfield SU 3725 Ash Vale Gravel Pit SU 8853 Brambridge SU 4622 Avington SU 5332 Bramley Camp SU 6559 Avon Castle SU 1303 Bramshaw Wood SU 2516 Avon Causeway SZ 1497 Bramshill (Warren Heath) SU 7759 Avon Tyrrell SZ 1499 Bramshill Common SU 7562 Backley Plain SU 2106 Bramshill Police College Lake SU 7560 Baddesley Common SU 3921 Bramshill Rubbish Tip SU 7561 Badnam Creek (River -
Segar Stream River Itchen
Segar Stream River Itchen An advisory visit carried out by the Wild Trout Trust – January 2011 1 1. Introduction This report is the output of a Wild Trout Trust advisory visit undertaken on the Segar Stream which is a carrier of the River Itchen in Hampshire. The advisory visit was undertaken at the request of the Portsmouth Services Fly Fishing Club which has been invited to lease the fishing rights. Comments in this report are based on observations on the day of the site visit and discussions with Robin Bray, Anthony Kennett and Mark Kerr from the fishing club. Throughout the report, normal convention is followed with respect to bank identification i.e. banks are designated Left Bank (LB) or Right Bank (RB) whilst looking downstream. 2. Catchment overview The River Itchen is considered to be one of the finest examples of a chalk river in Europe and one of the most famous brown trout (Salmo trutta) fisheries in the world. The river is designated as Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) (Appendix 1). The Itchen rises from the chalk aquifer to the east of Winchester where groundwater fed springs feed into three headwater streams; the Alre, the Candover and the Tichbourne, or Cheriton Stream. The streams converge near Alresford and flow south west, through the centre of Winchester and on to join the sea in Southampton. The river is characterised by a plethora of man-made channels, some dug to provide milling power, some to support the old Itchen Navigation canal and others to feed the network of water meadow carriers. -
HIWWT Winnall Moors, Winchester Scrub Clearance Sunday 21
HIWWT Winnall Moors, Winchester Worthys Scrub Clearance Conservation st Sunday 21 January 2007 Volunteers A group of 12 willing volunteers met on a chilly but bright afternoon at 1.30pm at Durngate car park near to the entrance of Winnall Moors wildlife sanctuary. Our task leader for the day was Mark Langford, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust (HIWWT) Reserves Officer for Winnall Moors. A brief talk was given by Mark on the history of Winnall Moors as a water meadow, the current management programme and the plans for the future (see below). The group, led by Mark, then headed deep into the moors, over very boggy terrain, to the selected site. (It was just as well that children were not permitted this afternoon as the conditions were Before: site area to be cleared of trees somewhat hazardous!) and scrub A safety talk was given, and then we split into two teams – Bruce, Martin (no Rosie the springer spaniel this time!), Jeremy, Lizzie and new-comers Mike and Kate, and David G, David F, Nick, Margaret and Clare – working on separate tree clumps (thought to be ash or elder). Swamp conditions! … making an impact Well used to cutting down trees and clearing scrub, the teams set about with vigour and enthusiasm, achieving a great deal by the end of the afternoon. A stop for tea and biscuits ensured we were able to keep going. Tree trunks were stacked in to wood piles later to be used as wildlife habitats. Round up! After: one of the sites almost cleared Page 1 of 3 www.worthysconservationvolunteers.org.uk HIWWT Winnall Moors, Winchester Worthys Scrub Clearance Conservation st Sunday 21 January 2007 Volunteers This was the group’s first task at Winnall Moors, for which there was a good turnout. -
Hampshire Salmon Seminar 5Th October 1993 Contents
k *• 106 ; HAMPSHIRE SALMON SEMINAR 5TH OCTOBER 1993 CONTENTS PAGES 1-4 Chairman’s Introduction Arthur Humbert, Chairman Fisheries Advisory Committee 5-9 Introduction by Robin Crawshaw, Hampshire Area Fisheries Manager, NRA Southern Region 10-15 Introduction by Mick Lunn, Test & Itchen Association 16-22 Spawning Success Alisdair Scott, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 23-28 Questions 29-33 What is the NRA doing? Lawrence Talks, Hampshire Area Fisheries Officer, NRA Southern Region 34-38 Questions 39-51 Migrating to Sea Ian Russell, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 52-60 Questions 61-66 Returning from the Sea and Movement up River Adrian Fewings, Fisheries Scientist, NRA Southern Region 67-75 Summary Dr Tony Owen, Regional Fisheries Manager, NRA Southern Region 76-97 Open Forum Chairman's Introduction ARTHUR HUMBERT Chairman Fisheries Advisory Committee 1 NATIONAL RIVERS AUTHORITY HAMPSHIRE SALMON SEMINAR - 5TH OCTOBER. 1993 Chairman’s Introduction: Arthur Humbert, Chairman Fisheries Advisory Committee Well, good evening ladies and gentlemen, as your Chairman it's my pleasure to address you briefly, and then to hand over to speakers. It will seem there is a programme in this book and it tells you when the questions may be asked. Now there's an old saying that you shouldn't believe all that you read in the press and I've been reading and hearing gloomy things about that.... I see words like "extinction” and "disappearance". Well that is past history. There was a danger of that years ago but the NRA has tackled the problem and we are now in an improving situation. -
Post-Medieval & Modern Berkshire & Hampshire
POST MEDIEVAL AND MODERN (INDUSTRIAL, MILITARY, INSTITUTIONS AND DESIGNED LANDSCAPES) HAMPSHIRE AND BERKSHIRE David Hopkins November 2006 Introduction Hampshire. Hampshire is dominated by the chalk landscape which runs in a broad belt, east west, across the middle of the county. The northern edge runs through Pilot Hill and Basingstoke, the southern edge through Kings Somborne and Horndean. These are large, open and fertile landscapes dominated by agriculture. Agriculture is the principle force behind the character of the landscape and the evolution of the transport network and such industry as exists. There are large vistas, with nucleated villages, isolated farms and large extents of formal enclosure. Market towns developed linked by transport routes. Small scale processing using the water power available from streams was supported by, and eventually replaced by, growing industrialisation in some towns, usually those where modern transport (such as rail) allowed development. These towns expanded and changed in character, whilst other less well placed towns continue to retain their market town character. North and south of the chalk are bands of tertiary deposits, sands, gravels and clays. Less fertile and less easy to farm for much of their history they have been dominated by Royal Forest. Their release from forest and small scale nature of the agricultural development has lead to a medieval landscape, with dispersed settlement and common edge settlement with frequent small scale isolated farms. The geology does provide opportunities for extractive industry, and the cheapness of the land, and in the north the proximity to London, led to the establishment of military training areas, and parks and gardens developed by London’s new wealthy classes. -
People and Nature Network Green Infrastructure in the South Downs National Park and Wider South East
PEOPLE AND NATURE NETWORK GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE SOUTH DOWNS NATIONAL PARK AND WIDER SOUTH EAST MARCH 2020 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AUTHORS This Network would not have been possible without the input and support of Sharon Bayne BSc (Hons) MSc MCIEEM, LLM CEnv, Blackwood Bayne Ltd many people. The authors would like to thank the members of the original with officers from the SDNPA. 2014 Technical Working Group, comprised of officers from: Val Hyland BA Dip LA (Hons) PGCert. UD CMLI V Hyland Associates Ltd. South Downs National Park Authority; Ray Drabble, Chris Paterson, Bruce Collinson, Chris Sculthorpe, Veronica East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Surrey County Councils and Craddock Brighton and Hove unitary authority; GIS mapping and EcoServ-GIS modelling provided by Andrew Lawson Wealden, East Hampshire, Mid Sussex, Adur and Worthing representing Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre, www.sxbrc.org.uk local authorities; Suggested citation: S.Bayne & V.Hyland (2016), People and Nature Environment Agency, Natural England, Historic England, Forestry Commission, Woodland Trust; Network, Green Infrastructure in the South Downs National Park and wider South East, Report for South Downs National Park Authority and Partners Country Land and Business Association, National Farmers Union; Brighton and Lewes Downs Biosphere, Arun and Rother Rivers Trust. SOUTH DOWNS NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY In developing this Network the SDNPA has also worked closely with members South Downs Centre Cover image: of the Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire Local Nature Partnerships. North Street Egret’s Way shared path along the River Ouse. © Andrew Pickett/SDNPA Midhurst West Sussex GU29 9DH 01730 814810 © Crown copyright and database rights 2018 Ordnance Survey 100050083 CONTENTS CONTENTS A BRIEF HISTORY ...................................................................... -
Line Guide Elegant Facade Has Grade II Listed Building Status
Stations along the route Now a Grade II listed The original Southern Railway built a wonderful Art Deco Now Grade II listed, the main Eastleigh Station the south coast port night and day, every day, for weeks on b u i l d i n g , R o m s e y style south-side entrance. Parts of the original building still building is set well back from the opened in 1841 named end. Station* opened in platforms because it was intended remain, as does a redundant 1930’s signal box at the west ‘Bishopstoke Junction’. Shawford is now a busy commuter station but is also an T h e o r i g i n a l G r e a t 1847, and is a twin of to place two additional tracks end of the station. In 1889 it became access point for walkers visiting Shawford Down. W e s t e r n R a i l w a y ’ s Micheldever station. through the station. However the ‘ B i s h o p s t o k e a n d terminus station called The booking hall once had a huge notice board showing The station had a small goods yard that closed to railway The famous children’s extra lines never appeared! Eastleigh’ and in 1923 ‘Salisbury (Fisherton)’ passengers the position of all the ships in the docks, and had use in 1960, but the site remained the location of a civil author, the Reverend The construction of a large, ramped i t b e c a m e s i m p l y was built by Isambard the wording ‘The Gateway of the World’ proudly mounted engineering contractor’s yard for many years. -
Final Report 11.10.12
South Downs National Park Visitor Survey 2012: Environment Element Final Report For: South Downs National Park Authority From: Acorn Tourism Consulting Ltd and Natural Values Date: 27 June 2012 SDNPA Visitor Survey Environment Element Final Report Contents Page Abbreviations Executive Summary 4 1. Introduction 10 1.1 The South Downs National Park 10 1.2 South Downs Visitor Survey 10 2. Survey 1: Land Managers 11 2.1 Introduction 11 2.2 Number and geographical spread of respondents 12 2.3 Site details of respondents 13 2.4 Visitor facilities and accommodation offered by respondents 16 2.5 Number of visits and seasonality 18 2.6 Impact of visitors 20 2.7 Specific issues related to visitor attractions 22 2.8 Additional visitor management issues 23 2.9 Awareness of countryside schemes 24 2.10 Summary 25 3. Survey 2: Nature Conservation and Cultural Heritage Sites 27 3.1 Introduction 27 3.2 Overview of respondents: sites, visitor activities and impacts 30 3.3 Habitats and visitor impacts 37 3.4 Species and visitor impacts 45 3.5 Cultural heritage and visitor impacts 47 3.6 Visitor management of sites 53 3.7 Summary 62 4. Consultations and Case Studies 65 4.1 Case studies 65 4.2 Summary of good practice in managing visitor impacts 79 5. Conclusions and Recommendations 84 5.1 Conclusions 84 5.2 Recommendations 87 Annexes 91 i) Land Manager’s Survey Questionnaire ii) Nature Conservation and Cultural Heritage Survey Questionnaire iii) Nature Conservation and Cultural Heritage Site Designations Acorn & Natural Values 2 27 June 2012 SDNPA Visitor -
Hampshire Bus, Train and Ferry Guide 2014-2015
I I I I NDEX F LACES ERVED I I O P S To Newbury To Newbury To Tilehurst To Reading To Reading, To Reading To Wokingham I To Windsor I I Oxford and I and Reading I Bracknell 103 I Abbotts Ann. D3 Fyfield . D2 ABC D E F G H JI K Portsmouth & Southsea a . G8 the NorthI Three Mile I X2 I Adanac Park . D6 Wash Comon The Link I 194 Portsmouth Harbour a. G8 I Cross I Alderbury. B4 Glendene Caravan Park, Bashley . C8 104 2A I I Poulner . B7 Burghfield 2 I 72 I Alderholt . .A . A6 Godshill . B6 I I Pound Green . G1 Common I Aldermaston . G1 Godwinscroft . B8 u I 7 BERKSHIRE I 82 I Privett, Gosport . F8 103 Greenham I Aldershot a . K3 Golden Pot Inn . H3 I Inkpen 7 21 22 The Link Brimpton I Purbrook . G7 Ball Hill Aldermaston I I Allbrook . E5 Golf Course, Nr Alton . H3 Common I Beacon Crookham I PUBLIC TRANSPORT MAP OF I I h Allington . C3 Goodworth Clatford . D3 Wash 2 I t I I 194 a Alton a . H4 Gosport . G8 Quarley . D3 104 I 22 I P Water I 103 Spencers Wood I s Queen Alexander Hospital,Cosham. G7 2A I Great Hollands e Alton Hospital and Sports Centre . H4 Grange Park. F6 24 I I tl 21 The Link Bishopswood I a I s Amesbury . B3 Grateley . D3 Quetta Park . J3 7u Bishop’s Green I G X2 I a 21 22A I Broadlaying 23 Road Shops X2 I 194 C Ampfield . -
Area 3: Lower Itchen Valley Floodplain
Landscape Character Area - Area 3 Area 3: Lower Itchen Valley Floodplain Eastleigh Southampton Airport River Itchen R a ilw ay Itchen Valley Country Park M27 Scale "Imagery copyright Digital Millennium 0 125 250 375 500 625 m Map Partnership 2006" 56 Landscape Character Assessment for Eastleigh Borough Landscape Character Area - Area 3 Description 4.38 This is a landscape of flat grassland in former flood meadows that is now used predominantly to graze cattle. The open views are punctuated by tree belts and occasional small copses found alongside the ditches and streams. 4.39 At the southern end of the character area, the elevated M27 cuts through at the edge. To the west lies Southampton Airport. The sight and sound of the motorway traffic and airport aircraft dominate the character. The elevated railway cuts through the northern edge. The southern edge of the boundary roughly conforms to the boundary of the special area of conservation. 4.40 A large section of this area is occupied by the Itchen Valley Country Park which runs up to the railway embankment in north. The park is made up of water meadows associated with the River Itchen, woodland and meadows. The river meanders through the centre of the park with a network of small streams diffusing out. The Itchen Navigation runs through the area to the west of the river. The floodplain is so wide that there is virtually no sense of being in a valley, except at the area’s eastern edge. A more dominant characteristic is the great visual interest provided in foreground views by wetland vegetation, the river itself and the earthworks of the former flood meadows. -
Basingstoke Local Group
BBAASSIINNGGSSTTOOKKEE LLOOCCAALL GGRROOUUPP JULY 2011 NEWSLETTER http://www.rspb.org.uk/groups/basingstoke Contents: From The Group Leader Notices Evening Walks Programme What’s Happening? Havant Literary Festival June’s Outdoor Meeting July’s Outdoor Meeting Local Wildlife News Quiz Page And Finally A million voices for nature Charity registered in England and Wales no. 207076 From The Group Leader And so the summer moves on, the days are shortening, the nights extending, the weather deteriorating – well, that‟s the good news out of the way for this Newsletter! Not really! There‟s plenty to look forward to over the coming months, both within the activities of the Local Group and, as the seasons change, the local wildlife. With regard to the latter the mid- / late July period is especially productive for both plants and invertebrates, this as birdlife generally remains at a lower, quieter, ebb. If you‟ve a little time spare, fancy clearing the town air from your lungs and don‟t mind a little walking, sites such as Ladle Hill, Noar Hill, Burghclere Lime Quarry, Micheldever Spoil Heaps and The Mill Field are all local, easily accessed and currently absolutely stuffed with things to look, and wonder, at. Birding will soon be back upon us, the southward passage of migrants something to again wonder at, and something that we will be taking full advantage of on both the August and September Outdoor Meetings – Thorney Island and Lower Test Marshes. See you there! Though we may take our holidays during the summer the RSPB goes on working throughout this time, the society‟s involvement in many projects forever changing, but never ending. -
INDEX to HAMPSHIRE FLORA NEWS,1991 – 2016 Compiled by Barry Goater, with Contributions by Martin Rand
INDEX TO HAMPSHIRE FLORA NEWS,1991 – 2016 Compiled by Barry Goater, with contributions by Martin Rand Issue: 1 Autumn 1991 2 Spring 1992 3 Autumn 1992 4 Spring 1993 5 Autumn 1993 6 Spring 1994 7 Winter 1994 8 Spring 1995 9 Autumn 1995 10 Spring 1996 11 Autumn 1996 12 Spring 1997 13 Autumn 1997 14 Spring 1998 15 Autumn 1998 16 Spring 1999 17 Autumn 1999 18 Spring 2000 19 Autumn 2000 20 Spring 2001 21 Autumn 2001 22 Spring 2002 23 Autumn 2002 24 Spring 2003 25 Autumn 2003 26 Spring 2004 27 Autumn 2004 28 Spring 2005 29 Autumn 2005 30 Spring 2006 31 Autumn 2006 32 Spring 2007 33 Autumn 2007 34 Spring 2008 35 Autumn 2008 36 Spring 2009 37 Autumn 2009 38 Spring 2010 39 Autumn 2010 40 Spring 2011 41 Autumn 2011 42 Spring 2012 43 Autumn 2012 44 Spring 2013 45 Autumn 2013 1 46 Spring 2014 47 Autumn 2014 48 Spring 2015 49 Autumn 2015 50 Spring 2016 2 A Abbotts Ann [Abbotts Ann], SU3245.......................................................21:10,22:1,12,24:12,26:12,13, ................................27:7,9,28:15,16,18,31:18,19,32:19,21,22,38:19,44:25,26,44:27,45:14,46:33 Balksbury Hill, SU349444..........................................................................................................32:21 Cattle Lane, SU333438...........................................................................................31:18,44:27,45:16 Duck Street, SU3243.....................................................................................21:10,28:15,29:18,31:19 Hook Lane track, SU307433.......................................................................................................46:33