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Dist:0.3km<br/>In sheltered places in south-west England the snowdrop beings to flower at Christmas, and in other parts it is welcomed as one of the first signs of spring, flowering from January to March. The drooping, bell-shaped flowers have six segments - three white ones outside the flower and three tipped with a bright spot inside it. It is doubtful whether the snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) is a native of Britain. It was probably introduced in medieval times from central Europe and it is rare in Ireland.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.3km<br/>Half timbered 16th century cottage.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.4km<br/>A thatched cottage close to the A338 north of Fordingbridge.
©Stuart Buchan
Dist:0.8km<br/>There are many braised streams in these flood meadows next to the lower Avon. Here the farmer has focussed the cattle watering point into one place.
©Graham Horn
Dist:0.8km<br/>There are many braided streams through these water meadows. Some have sluices like these. Presumably they are either to control irrigation or to divert water to certain areas in times of flood to keep certain meadows useable.
©Graham Horn
Dist:0.8km<br/>The footpath along the farm track passes water meadows near the river Avon, and a strange line of trees, presumably a former field boundary, that just stops.
©Graham Horn
Dist:0.9km<br/>The Avon Valley Path, from Salisbury to Christchurch; looking across former water meadows. Darker vegetation conceals irrigation channels.
©Mike Faherty
Dist:0.9km<br/>The water meadows north of the footpath were yellow, even more vivid and intense in real life.
©Graham Horn
Dist:0.9km<br/>Across former water meadows on the Avon Valley Path.
©Mike Faherty
Dist:0.9km<br/>Grazing in former water meadows. The pony in the foreground, after cooling her feet, was partial to mint sweets.
©Mike Faherty
Dist:0.9km<br/>Located on the bridge seen in [[2774682]], this old pivot mark is not listed on the current Ordnance Survey database but can be seen on the 1:2500 1909 map for the area. I just managed to take this picture without getting my feet wet, thanks to an old buttress sticking out into the water! For more information on the benchmark visit http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm41059
©Jonathan Kington
Dist:0.9km<br/>This culvert, crossing a tributary of the River Avon, has a set of hatches on the far side that would have been used to 'drown' the nearby water meadows. Recently rebuilt, they are still usable. There is an Ordnance Survey benchmark above the buttress at the centre of the bridge, see [[2774699]].
©Jonathan Kington
Dist:0.9km<br/>Over one of the several side channels of River Avon, in former water meadows; marked "Armfield 1896" (a local iron foundry). The equipment appears still to be maintained.
©Mike Faherty
Dist:0.9km<br/>Some of the bridges taking the Avon Valley Path across these water meadows are still simple affairs.
©Graham Horn
Dist:0.9km<br/>Footpath from Christchurch to Salisbury, also, here, farm track to Folds Farm, in the distance. http://www3.hants.gov.uk/longdistance/avon-valley-path.htm
©Mike Faherty

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