UP! - North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
UP! - North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
UP! - North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
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CONTENTS<br />
4-5 Sustainable Development<br />
Funding<br />
6-8 Walking with white<br />
horses<br />
9 Ancient windows<br />
11 Busy beez!<br />
12-13 Helping farmland birds<br />
14-15 Literary locations<br />
16-17 The AONB Team<br />
18-19 NCN4: Our quiet artery<br />
20-21 WIN a Sony NEX camera!<br />
23 Basketmaker:<br />
Christine Brewster<br />
24-25 The AONB Calendar<br />
26-27 Avebury views improved<br />
28-37 Local Products Directory<br />
39 Stonecarver: Joss Nankoo<br />
40-41 LEADER Funding<br />
43 Dark skies<br />
44-46 Alternative energy<br />
Produced for the<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Wessex</strong> <strong>Downs</strong> AONB<br />
on behalf <strong>of</strong> the Council <strong>of</strong> Partners<br />
by<br />
ADVANCE PUBLICATIONS<br />
0118 926 9120<br />
sales@advancepublications.co.uk<br />
www.advance-publications.co.uk<br />
Every effort has been made to ensure the<br />
accuracy <strong>of</strong> the contents and the publisher<br />
cannot accept liability for any error or<br />
omissions. Reproduction <strong>of</strong> any part <strong>of</strong> this<br />
publication without permission is forbidden.<br />
Published 2011<br />
Front cover: Beacon Hill, Hampshire<br />
Welcome<br />
AONB Director Henry Oliver invites<br />
everyone to enjoy the <strong>North</strong> <strong>Wessex</strong> <strong>Downs</strong><br />
WELCOME to the magazine that helps you<br />
discover the <strong>North</strong> <strong>Wessex</strong> <strong>Downs</strong> <strong>Area</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Outstanding</strong> <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Beauty</strong>.<br />
What is an ‘<strong>Area</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Outstanding</strong> <strong>Natural</strong><br />
<strong>Beauty</strong>’? Simply some <strong>of</strong> Britain’s finest<br />
countryside – <strong>of</strong>ficially recognised as being up<br />
there with the Cotswolds and the Lake<br />
District.<br />
The <strong>North</strong> <strong>Wessex</strong> <strong>Downs</strong> are a huge swathe<br />
<strong>of</strong> stunning countryside right in the heart <strong>of</strong><br />
crowded southern England – somewhere with<br />
space to walk, cycle (on or <strong>of</strong>f-road), ride, fish,<br />
canoe, sail (on our canal), watch wildlife,<br />
explore prehistoric sites, stargaze, eat, drink<br />
and be merry.<br />
Let us take you on a tour <strong>of</strong> our wonderful<br />
white horses; show you where you can cycle<br />
or sail your way across country far from noise<br />
and bustle; introduce you to the people<br />
working to encourage farmland birds; lead<br />
you to places immortalised on page and<br />
screen; and tempt you with our Local Products<br />
Directory, the guide to all that’s good in the<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Wessex</strong> <strong>Downs</strong>.<br />
And remember to enter our competition to<br />
win an amazing Sony NEX camera. Most <strong>of</strong> all,<br />
we hope you’re inspired to go out and enjoy<br />
this beautiful landscape.<br />
<strong>UP</strong>! On The <strong>North</strong> <strong>Wessex</strong> <strong>Downs</strong> | 3
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