Dumsey Meadow
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Surrey |
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Grid reference | TQ 056 665[1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 9.6 hectares (24 acres)[1] |
Notification | 1994[1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Dumsey Meadow is a 9.6-hectare (24-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Chertsey and Shepperton in Surrey.[1][2]
It is the only piece of undeveloped water meadow unfenced by the river remaining on the River Thames below Caversham.[3]
This unimproved and species-rich meadow is grazed by ponies and cattle. The most common grasses are rye-grass, common bent, red fescue and Yorkshire-fog, and there are herbs such as creeping cinquefoil, ribwort plantain and lesser hawkbit.[4]
There was formerly reference to "Dumsea Bushes", "Dumsea Corner" and "Dumsea Deep" at this point of the river, the bushes, which may have been a clump of willows, also going by the name of "Domesday Bushes".[5]
The Chertsey and Shepperton Regatta, which has taken place for over 150 years, is held at Dumsey Meadow in July/August.
References
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Dumsey Meadow". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ "Map of Dumsey Meadow". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ "Biodiversity action Reporting System, Dumsey Meadow". Archived from the original on 18 November 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ "Dumsey Meadow citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ Fred. S. Thacker The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs 1920 - republished 1968 David & Charles
51°23′18″N 0°28′57″W / 51.3884°N 0.4825°W / 51.3884; -0.4825
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