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17) Dewlands-Rushmoor River TerraceContextLandscape Character Type: River terraceLandscape Description Unit No. 460Recreation Ground occupies a middle section of this character area.Further south field sizes diminish and periodic urban fringe uses such assites used for car boot sales can be found. Tree cover is largely confinedto field boundaries, although larger woodland blocks can be found to thenorth adjacent to the urban area. Remnant heathland can be found atLower Common forming part of the Holt and West Moors Heaths SSSI,SAC and SPA.Key Characteristics• Flat open fields• Sparse tree cover• Ecological interest in heathland• Urban fringe activitiesKey Features• Golf Course (part)• Woolsbridge Industrial Estate (part)• Potterne Recreation GroundThe river terrace set between Ringwood Road, Three Legged Cross and Verwood to thenorth (top)• O/h lines (adverse impact)DescriptionA transition area of fluvial soil on the Valley Gravels between theHeath/Farmland Mosaic and the River Crane, extending from thewestern side of Verwood, southwards to Woolsbridge. The area ispredominantly pasture and grazing linked with smallholdings. Thenorthern section contains part of the Crane Valley Golf Course. PotterneEast Dorset District Council District Landscape Character Assessment 200849