Firsdown

Nearest town: Salisbury

Site type: woodland

Access: Public

Church name: No Data

Diocese: No Data

County: Wiltshire

Country: England

Grid ref: SU20803320

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: No data

Recorded by: Tim Hills

Protection & responsibility: No data

Yews recorded at this site: Notable

Notes: A threatened woodland site, lying south of the road that runs from the A30 through Firsdown towards the Winterslows. The planned housing development covers a total of 20.76 hectares, but most alarming is that the proposals describe the land as 'Agriculture - arable', while the plan seen here clearly shows that about a quarter of the land is woodland. Part of a yew lined section of a Roman Road (connecting Winchester and Old Sarum) runs across the southern part of the site.