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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
18) Ringwood-Hurn Forest/Heath MosaicContextLandscape Character Type: Forest heath mosaicLandscape Description Unit Nos. 446; 464; 465The river terrace at Potterne, Potterne Wood and the river to the left, note the impact of theo/h line in this landscapeView across Matchams Stadium to the forest and heathland beyondDescriptionThe acid soils derived from the underlying Plateau Gravel, Bagshot andBracklesham Beds extend from Alderholt in the north to Hurn Forest inthe south and from Clump Hill and Colehill in the west to the Avon ValleyEast Dorset District Council District Landscape Character Assessment 200850
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Page 33 and 34: Horton Tower, a Grade II* listed bu
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Page 37 and 38: View of Henbury Plantation from Bla
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Page 43 and 44: that lies within Poole is set on a
Page 45 and 46: 13) Hampreston River TerraceContext
Page 47 and 48: golf course suggest this character
Page 49 and 50: • Urban influencesKey Features16)
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Page 55 and 56: Forest which reaches back into the
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Page 59 and 60: 21) Horton Common-Three Legged Cros
Page 61 and 62: a National Nature Reserve the heath
Page 63 and 64: Stour Valley northwards to Alderhol
Page 65 and 66: Historically the River was an impor
Page 67 and 68: Landscape DescriptionUnit boundarie
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