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Swanwick

Address: Sopwith Way
Swanwick,
Phone: 01489 774400 - Hampshire Wildlife Trust
Web site: http://www.hwt.org.uk
E-mail: feedback@hwt.org.uk

Description:

An old clay workings reclaimed by nature and now managed for wildlife and education in partnership with its owners National Air Traffic Services.

Swanwick is an almost entirely man-made landscape, now owned and funded by National Air Traffic Services (NATS). It is managed for wildlife, visitors and education by the Wildlife Trust, with a full-time Education Officer on site. The deep flooded clay pits support a wide variety of plants and animals. Woodland has grown up on the
spoil heaps and wildflowers abound in the meadows, which are grazed.