Furze Hill is a 5.8-hectare (14-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in three nearby areas east of Hildersham in Cambridgeshire.[1][2]
The site has steep banks of glacial deep sandy gravel, and is one of the few examples of a sandy habitat in the county. There are several rare plants, such as hoary cinquefoils, pasque flowers and maiden pinks.[3]
The site is private land with no public access.
^ abcd"Designated Sites View: Furze Hill". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
^"Map of Furze Hill". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
^"Furze Hill citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
FurzeHill is a 5.8-hectare (14-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in three nearby areas east of Hildersham in Cambridgeshire. The site...
the town, called Maidenhead Court, North Town, Furze Platt, Pinkneys Green, Highway, Tittle Row, Boyn Hill, Fishery and Bray Wick; as well as adjoining...
the Bath Road until this was severed in 1894, including the hamlets of Furze Platt and Pinkneys Green. There were several manors: Cookham, Lullebrook...
[the king's] use". The open spaces were found to be "infested with heath, furze, fern [bracken]" and had "coarse turfe". In fact dis-parking was very much...
grazing of livestock and cutting of furze (gorse) for fuel. Moorland usually refers to uncultivated land on a hill, but locally it is also applied to wetlands...
and that history is reflected by the names: Valebridge Common Field, and Furze Common Field. Big Wood, Watford Wood, Long Wood, and Leylands Wood benefit...
that runs up to Edburton Hill. To its north is Edburton Sands. Part of the Beeding Hill to Newtimber HillSSSI, Edburton Hill (TQ 237 110) still has evidence...
Interest (SSSIs) are designated by Natural England, which is responsible for protecting England's natural environment. Designation as an SSSI gives legal...
of Hartlepool Borough Council Burn Valley De Brus Fens & Greatham Foggy Furze Hart Headland & Harbour Throston Manor House Rural West Seaton Victoria...
be found just west of the village, off Docking Lane.[citation needed] FurzeHills is the site of the plague village of Northorpe. All Saints parish church...
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