Table E1: Landscape and Natural Environment Sites in Our Neighbourhood
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Green Belt area within Our Neighbourhood |
Aykley Heads, Sidegate, Franklands Lane |
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Maiden Castle |
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Land south of the A177 |
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Land west of the A167 |
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Agricultural Land |
Arbour House Farm |
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Baxter Wood Farm |
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Elvet Moor Farm |
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Farewellhall Farms |
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Frankland Farm (part in Our Neighbourhood) |
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Houghall Farm at East Durham College’s Houghall Campus |
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Fields: Merryoaks, Mountjoy, Potters Bank, Whinney Hill |
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Allotments and Community Gardens |
Crossgate Community Garden, Laburnum Avenue |
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Green Lane allotments |
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May Street allotments |
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North End allotments |
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St Margaret’s allotments, Margery Lane |
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Wharton Park Community Garden |
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Cemeteries |
Bow Cemetery, Potters Bank |
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Durham Cemetery and Crematorium, South Road |
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Redhills Roman Catholic Cemetery, Redhills Lane |
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St Cuthbert’s Anglican Church Cemetery, Framwellgate Peth |
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St Margaret’s Cemetery, Margery Lane |
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St Nicholas’ Cemetery, Providence Row |
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St Oswald’s Cemetery, Church Street |
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Stockton Road Cemetery |
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Green Assets |
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Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) |
None |
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Local Nature Reserves (LNR) |
Aykley Wood |
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Flass Vale |
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Local Wildlife Sites (LWS) |
Baxter Wood |
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Blaid’s Wood |
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Flass Vale |
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Hopper’s Wood |
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Houghall, Maiden Castle and Little High Woods |
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Moorhouse Wood |
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North Wood |
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Pelaw Wood |
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Saltwell Gill Wood |
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Ancient Semi-Natural Woodland (ASNW) |
Blaid’s Wood |
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Borehole Wood |
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Farewell Hall Wood |
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Great High Wood |
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Hollinside Wood |
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Hopper’s Wood |
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Maiden Castle Wood |
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Moorhouse Wood |
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North Wood |
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Pelaw Wood |
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Saltwell Gill Wood |
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Ancient Semi-Natural Woodland (ASNW) |
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Habitats |
Ancient and/or species-rich hedgerows |
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Ancient semi-natural woodland |
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Veteran trees |
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Ponds |
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Rivers and streams |
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Road verges of conservation importance |
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Species |
Amphibians (frogs, toads and newts), particularly the Great crested newt |
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Badgers |
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Barn owls |
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Bats (all species) |
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Hedgehogs |
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House sparrows |
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Otters |
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Salmon |
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Sea trout |
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Wild birds, their nests and eggs |
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County Geological Site |
River Wear Gorge at Durham City |
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Footpaths |
Many Public Rights of Way |
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Trees |
Trees with preservation orders |
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Parks, Gardens and Woods |
Botanic Gardens, Durham University, South Road |
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The Houghall Arboretum and Pinetum, East Durham College, Houghall Campus |
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Crook Hall Gardens |
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Linear Park, Mount Oswald (proposed) |
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Low Burnhall, Woodland Trust wood |
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Peninsular Woodlands |
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Wharton Park |
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Open Green Spaces |
Aykley Heads |
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Bowling Green (now unused), Elvet Waterside |
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Gilesgate Green |
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Hollow Drift (field adjacent to Durham City Rugby Club ground) |
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Observatory Hill |
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Peskies Park |
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The College |
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The riverbanks (the parts of the riverbanks that are not just pavements) |
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Roundabouts, e.g. Gilesgate Roundabout |
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The Sands |
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Urban Open Spaces |
Fowler’s Yard |
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High Street |
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Market Place |
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Millennium Place |
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Palace Green (with some characteristics of an open green space) |
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The riverbanks in the City Centre (the parts of the riverbanks that are just pavements) |
See also Appendix E: Table E2, Table E3, Table E4 and section E5
Next section: Appendix E: Table E2: Summary of Heritage Assets in Our Neighbourhood
