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Castle Attractions In Thursley

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Thursley National Nature Reserve

Woburn Safari Park

Stonehenge

Hever Castle & Gardens

Avebury Stone Circle

Blenheim Palace

Hawk Conservancy Trust

Thursley is a village and civil parish in southwest Surrey, west of the A3 between Milford and Hindhead. An associated hamlet is Bowlhead Green. To the east is Brook. In the south of the parish rises the Greensand Ridge, in this section reaching its escarpment near Punch Bowl Farm and the Devil's Punch Bowl, Hindhead.
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Castle Attractions In Thursley

1. Hever Castle & Gardens Hever

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Thursley national nature reserve Farnham Surrey

Thursley national nature reserve may encourage you to leave the house more often and explore the many attractions of Farnham Surrey. We can help you find the right place for yourself and your family. Simply visit our website and we will do all we can to help find you your dream home.

Thursley national nature reserve Farnham Surrey

Thursley national nature reserve is one of the most popular attractions in Farnham Surrey. You may know the area well of you may still be weighing up your options and pros and cons of the various locals. If you need any assistance then please don’t hesitate to ask

Thursley national nature reserve Farnham Surrey

Thursley national nature reserve is one of the most popular attractions in Farnham Surrey. You may know the area well of you may still be weighing up your options and pros and cons of the various locals. If you need any assistance then please don’t hesitate to ask

Thursley national nature reserve Liphook Hampshire

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Atlantic Wall, Hankley Common - Surrey, UK

Hankley Common is a common near Elstead, Surrey, England. It is an area of heathland with sandy infertile soil. The dry areas are covered in common heather (Calluna vulgaris) and bell heather (Erica cinerea) with patches of bracken (Pteridium aquilinum). It is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)

D-Day training sites were created in Britain in order to practice for Operation Overlord, the invasion of Northern France by allied forces in 1944.

In 1943, in an area of the Common known as the Lion's Mouth, Canadian troops constructed a replica of a section of the Atlantic Wall. It is constructed from reinforced concrete and was used as a major training aid to develop and practise techniques to breach the defences of the French coast prior to the D-Day landings.

The wall is about 100 m (330 ft) long, 3 m (9.8 ft) high by 3.5 m (11 ft) wide. It is divided into two sections between which there were originally steel gates. Nearby are other obstacles such as dragon's teeth, reinforced concrete blocks and lengths of railway track set in concrete and with wire entanglements. Many of the relics show signs of live weapons training and the main wall has two breaches caused by demolition devices including the Double Onion: a specialised demolition vehicle, one of Hobart's Funnies, based on the Churchill tank.

The reinforced concrete was made with rebars varying from 10 to 20 mm (0.39 to 0.79 in) thick.

Over the years the wall has become colonised by alkaline-loving lichens, mosses, ferns and other plants because the concrete provides the lime-based substrate that these species require and which is found nowhere else in the locality. They present an unusual range of plants to be found in an expanse of acid heathland.

The preservation of the Wall is managed by Army Training Estates with the assistance of the MOD Hankley Conservation Group.

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Corton, Suffolk, Erosion of cliff and beach.

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A return visit to Corton in Suffolk for a cliff top walk witnessing the latest erosion of the cliff and the beach. Sad to see that at full tide the waves now break against the cliff base. A section of fencing on the cliff top at Broadlands Sand has been set back another 10ft in anticipation of another fall.

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