References Pertinent to the management of the Downs and Avon Gorge
Site Updated: July 9th 2008
JNCC (Joint Nature Conservation Committee) with a section on the Avon Gorge Woodlands.
JNCC is the statutory
adviser to Government on UK and international nature conservation. Its work contributes to maintaining and enriching
biological diversity, conserving geological features and sustaining natural systems. JNCC delivers the UK and
international responsibilities of the four country nature conservation agencies - Council for Nature Conservation
and the Countryside, the Countryside Council for Wales, Natural England and Scottish Natural Heritage.
Bristol City Council web site has a vast amount of information (a total of nearly 30MB of Adobe .pdf files, see below), concerning
environmental planning, maps, history and background information as applied to the
draft management plan
for the Downs. The Council take their responsibility for the Downs very seriously.
The files on the Council website (good bedtime reading!) are at the bottom of the above page
under "Related Documents", it is a shame that they have not been presented as html files so that they are more accessible via the web:
The Downs management plan (pdf, 2480 Kb); Background maps for The Downs management plan (pdf, 7672 Kb) ;The Clifton and Durdham Downs (Bristol) Act 1861 (pdf, 53 Kb);
The Downs Byelaws (pdf, 39 Kb); Discover The Wildlife Of The Downs (pdf, 3867 Kb); Downs History Final Report Feb 2006 (pdf, 9033 Kb);
Downs History Final Report Feb 2006 Short (pdf, 1389 Kb); Previous User Survey All Results 2004-5.pdf (pdf, 66 Kb); Previous User Survey Executive Summary 2004 5 (pdf, 132 Kb);
Downs Consultation Issues and Options (pdf, 632 Kb); Downs Landscape Character Strategies and Guidelines (pdf, 183 Kb);
Downs Landscape Character Areas Map (pdf, 1719 Kb); Downs Landscape Character Assessment (PDF, 1063 Kb);
Downs Stakeholdes Notes of Workshops 2005 (pdf, 150 Kb); Explore the trees of the Downs and Avon Gorge on this Downs Tree Trail (pdf, 785 Kb);