[permalink] [id link]
Severn Gorge Countryside Trust manages most of the woodland, grassland and other countryside within the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site, around in all.
from
Wikipedia
Some Related Sentences
Severn and Gorge
Ironbridge is a settlement on the River Severn, at the heart of the Ironbridge Gorge, in Shropshire, England.
The Iron Bridge proprietors also built the Tontine Hotel to accommodate visitors to the new bridge and the industrial sites of the Severn Gorge.
The longest river in the UK, the River Severn, traverses the region southeastwards, flowing through the county towns of Shrewsbury and Worcester, and the Ironbridge Gorge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.
A different system was developed in England, probably in the late 16th century near Broseley for conveying coal from mines, sometimes drift mines down the side of the Severn Gorge to the river Severn.
The Ironbridge Gorge is a deep gorge formed by the River Severn in Shropshire, England.
Originally called the Severn Gorge, the gorge now takes its name from its famous Iron Bridge, the first iron bridge of its kind in the world, and a monument to the industry that began there.
Working with Severn Gorge Countryside Trust is BTCV's Green Gym which assist them on woodland work.
Severn Gorge Countryside Trust and The Green Wood Centre run a joint volunteer project enabling local people to work local land in activities such as coppicing, scrub removal, deer fencing, step building and woodland management.
* King, P. W. " Technological Advacne in the Severn Gorge ", in P. Belford et al., Footprints of Industry: papers from the 300th anniversary conference at Coalbrookdale, 3 – 7 June 2009 ( BAR British Series 523, 2010 ).
Telford is made up of several old industrial towns to the north of the River Severn and on the eastern flanks of the Wrekin ( including Madeley, Dawley and the small townships in the Ironbridge Gorge ) and numerous New Town developments including Woodside.
* Ironbridge Gorge, the gorge formed by the River Severn in Shropshire, England
Not far from The Wrekin is the famous Ironbridge Gorge, named after the bridge that stands over the River Severn near Madeley.
Severn and Trust
It was founded in 1946 by the ornithologist and artist Sir Peter Scott, initially as the Severn Wildfowl Trust.
During Princess Elizabeth's 1950 tour of Canada, she was promised a Dominion gift of Trumpeter swans, by arrangement of British conservationist Peter Scott who was head of the Severn Wildlife Trust in Britain ( now the WWT ).
Since 1972, the Cotswold Canal Trust has been working to restore both the canal and the Stroudwater Navigation, so that it can again provide a navigable link between the Thames and the Severn.
The Trust included representatives from the Sharpness New Docks & Gloucester & Birmingham Company, the Stroudwater Canal, the Staffs & Worcs Canal, the Severn Commissioners, Berkshire, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire County Councils and Stroud and Cirencester District Councils.
Among the organisations established that year was the Stroudwater Canal Society, which soon became the Stroudwater, Thames and Severn Canal Trust, and from 1975, the Cotswold Canal Trust.
Volunteers for the Trust have since been working to restore both the Stroudwater Navigation and the Thames and Severn Canal.
In 2000, the Over Canal Basin ( adjacent to the River Severn at Over on the outskirts of Gloucester, where the Canal links with the inland waterways network ) was reconstructed entirely by volunteers from the Canal Trust and the national volunteer body the Waterway Recovery Group.
The Canal Trust used a legacy to purchase the site, which includes two cottages, some land, and a small section of the River Severn as well as Llanthony lock.
Prince Richard is also a patron of the Severn Valley Railway and the Pestalozzi International Village Trust.
The programme is being run jointly by the National Trust, Severn Trent Water and Peak District National Park.
In the Severn Estuary, in-shore rescue is provided by two independent lifeboat trusts, the Severn Area Rescue Association ( SARA ) and the Portishead and Bristol Lifeboat Trust.
The Gloucestershire Trust part of the programme has been the initiation of the Living Landscape project in the Severn Vale ( 2007 ), the Cotswolds Rivers project ( 2009 ) and a project centred on the Forest of Dean ( 2011 ).
* ' Coombe Hill Nature Reserve-Restoration of a major Severn wetland ( Information and Circular Walk )', ( undated ), Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust
Almost all of the tidal creeks and coves on the Severn are named, along with many of the nontidal creeks that drain to them, as the result of a project started in 2001 by the Magothy River Association, working with the Severn River Association, and funded by the Chesapeake Bay Trust.
Gems of the Severn ( Severn River Commission, Annapolis, MD, 1988 ) Available from Scenic Rivers Land Trust, http :// www. srlt. org
Littleton Brick Pits are an artificial lagoon, once the site of clay extraction for brick making, where the Avon Wildlife Trust have reintroduced reedbeds close to the Severn Estuary, as a feeding and resting place for migrating birds.
Civic Trust Award plaque on the Severn Bridge.
The Trust has carried out management work with aid of Severn Trent Water and the then Nature Conservancy Council to restore the derelict canal.
Severn and manages
The IDB was re-formed in 1987, its responsibilities having previously been performed by the Severn Trent Water Authority, and manages of watercourses.
Severn and most
New canals were hastily built in the aim of replicating the commercial success of the Bridgewater Canal, the most notable being the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and the Thames and Severn Canal which opened in 1774 and 1789 respectively.
Perhaps the most dedicated patron of Severn's work in the 1830s was William Gladstone, who was drawn to Severn more for his reputation as a painter than as Keats's friend.
Severn is best known for his many portraits of Keats, the most famous being the miniature portrait in the National Gallery ( 1819 ), the pen-and-ink sketch, Keats on his Deathbed ( 1821 ), and the oil painting of the poet reading, John Keats at Wentworth Place ( 1821 – 23 ).
Wales would extend as far as the rivers Severn and Mersey including most of Cheshire, Shropshire and Herefordshire.
Shortly after leaving Warrington the young king had resolved to abandon the direct march on London and to make for the Severn valley, where his father had found the most constant and the most numerous adherents in the first war, and which had been the centre of gravity of the English Royalist movement of 1648.
Ultimately, most of the Bristol to London trade used the Kennet and Avon Canal after it opened in 1810, as it provided a much shorter route than the Thames and Severn Canal.
The junctions at each end are designed for most traffic to use this crossing – to use the old Severn Bridge crossing one has to leave the M4 and join the M48 motorway either at Aust or near Magor.
The city of Bristol, originally established on the River Avon but now with docks on the Severn estuary, is one of the most important ports in Britain and gives its name to the Channel which forms its seaward approach.
Fort Severn First Nation is located on Hudson Bay and is the most northern community in Ontario, Canada.
The legal name of the reserve is Fort Severn 89 ; most Indian reserves in Canada have a number after the name.
After most of the attention from the media was given to Shamrock, Severn got up and walked out of the door without explanation.
Shamrock's UFC title defense against Dan Severn at UFC 9 was one of the most highly anticipated fights in the early era of mixed martial arts.
The production involved six weeks of filming on location, most of it in Oxfordshire, but with selected shooting in the Forest of Dean ( in Potter's home county of Gloucestershire, between the River Severn and the River Wye ).
In 1913 Henry Elwes wrote that " Its true value as a landscape tree may be best estimated by looking down from an eminence in almost any part of the valley of the Thames, or of the Severn below Worcester, during the latter half of November, when the bright golden colour of the lines of elms in the hedgerows is one of the most striking scenes that England can produce ".
Shortly after leaving Warrington the young king had resolved to abandon the direct march on London and to make for the Severn valley, where his father had found the most constant and the most numerous adherents in the first war, and which had been the centre of gravity of the English Royalist movement of 1648.
He was also consulting engineer to the Severn Tunnel, which, from its magnitude and the difficulties encountered in its construction, was one of the most notable engineering undertakings of the 19th century.
The most significant of these is the Blaisdon Fault, which forms the eastern boundary of May Hill and separates it from the younger rocks of the Severn Vale.
Mackworth's most noticeable landmark () is a large water tower owned by Severn Trent and can be seen from much of the estate.
Severn then entered the UFC's Ultimate Ultimate 1995, which at the time was the toughest and most competitive tournament in UFC history, consisting of past UFC tournament champions and runner ups.
Severn won a split decision in what most fans regard as one of the worst fights in MMA history, mainly due to legal issues surrounding the event.
Dan Severn, one of the earliest and most legendary stars of the UFC, continued his MMA career on 29 January 2011 by racking up his 97th, and 8th straight, victory in a win over Scott Fraser.
The line has been listed among Thomas Cook's most favoured attractions for its scenic route along the River Avon and River Severn.
0.737 seconds.