Site Map for www.bristoldownswatch.org.uk

• Home Page for Downswatch
• The Downswatch Plan for the Downs and Avon Gorge Management
• Google Maps: show parts of the Downs & Avon Gorge affected:
  • Geography: Names used for various parts of the Downs and Gorge.
    Individual Maps:
    • Walcombe Slade
    • The Gully
    • The Plateau
    • Dyrdham Down
    • The Dumps
    • Peregrine Watch
    • Clifton Down
    • Fairyland
    • Sea Walls
    • Black Rocks
    • Zoo Bank
    • Ladies Mile
    • Cote Green
    • Westbury Park
    • The Granny Down
    • Seven Sisters
    • Promenade
    • Observatory Hill
    • Clifton Green
    • Reservoir & Water Tower
    • The Avon Gorge
    • Donkey Slide
    • White Tree
  • The BCC/NE Plan in 2009: Bristol County Council / Natural England. Links to pertinent documents
  • The BCC/NE Plan in 2006: Bristol County Council / Natural England
  • Downswatch View of the Plan: Downswatch opinion of these plans
  • The Goat Pen: Shows region designated as a goat pen
  • The Makeover 2008: Drastic removal of trees on the North slope of the Gully
  • Zoo Car Parking: Look at the damage that this has already caused
  • Observatory Hill Proposals: As usual, involves removal of a lot of the trees
• Issues:
  • Walcombe Slade
  • Scientific Consultation? Opposition to the goats in Walcombe Slade was opposed by an expert. So he was removed! Shades of Professor Nutt!
  • A Bridge too Far: idea to construct a bridge at the top of Bridge Valley Road
  • Consultation: an Improperly Conducted Consultation
  • Ivy & Hawthorns: hazards of removal
  • Old News & Issues: has links to:
    • Scrub Clearance
    • Observatory Hill Clearance & Flyer
    • The Huntingdon Elm in May 2008 & The felled elm tree
• References:
  • The Independent - Two letters to the Independent newspaper: 18 March 2008 & 28 April 2007
  • Huntingdon Elm - Felled Elm (18-9-2008)
  • JNCC SAC status: Joint Nature Conservancy Committee, Special Area of Conservation, Avon Gorge Woodlands
  • SSSI - details: Site of Special Scientific Interest
  • Council Contacts: Lobby your local concillors
  • Management Plans: Downs & Plateau
  • Document & Council links: for the 2009 management plans
• Links: various pretinent links, please contact us if you want your link included.
  • Site Map: this page
• Samuel Johnson's 1825 picture of the Downs
• Stokeleigh Camp: effect of clearance of Stokeleigh Camp in Leigh Woods
• Hope for the whitebeam: 2003 Telegraph Article
• Bristol Downs Watch Background: how we started
• Google Group: Join us on a Google Group
• Facebook: become a Fan