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Calls for immediate Priory Vale site protection

A field in Oakhurst designated to velopment Company and English for three housing areas bordering For details call Stephanie Exel
be of national importance as a Nature quickly agree on a man- the SSSI had been lodged to block on 703276.
Site of Special Scientific Interest agement plan for the field, people development until management • A leaflet about Priory Vale wildlife
(SSSI) is under threat from the will damage the site because they issues had been sorted out. This and the Haydon Meadow SSSI is
growing Priory Vale population are unaware of the sensitive na- would include stronger fencing available at the Priory Vale Visitor
because people are using it as a ture of the area. and information boards erected Centre. Information also at
playground. Meeting organiser Stephanie around the site. www.prioryvale.com
It has never been ploughed and Exel said, "we have something
is managed using only traditional unique in our midst which has
grazing and cutting methods. As a developed naturally over hun-
result it is a unique habitat for the dreds of years. The field is not a
green winged orchid - Orchis Morio football pitch, golf driving range
as used in the Prory Vale logo - as or for dog walking. The different
well as large numbers of birds, agencies must agree the manage-
insects, deer, hares and badgers. ment plan soon so that people are
Priory Vale residents who at- told why they should protect this
tended a meeting on 4 May to set important area."
up a Friends of Haydon SSSI ex- Patrick Cashman of English
pressed fears that unless Swindon Nature told the meeting that ob-
Council, the North Swindon De- jections to planning applications

Nature education at Abbey Meads
The development of an outdoor classroom at Abbey Meads Primary
School has been given a big boost thanks to a £1,000 community
dividend grant from the Oxford Swindon & Gloucester Co-op. Meeting organisers Stephanie and Paul Exel and concerned Priory Vale residents
The Friends of Abbey
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