Park Downs
Introduction
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Park Downs
Image: © Hugh Craddock Taken: 28 Dec 2008
Park Downs is common land and a site of special scientific interest because of its downland flora, although the battle against scrub encroachment is ceaseless. The Downs are managed by the Banstead Commons Conservators (http://www.bansteadcommonsconservators.org.uk ), but unusually, the rights of common (to graze animals on Park Downs) belong to the National Trust. In the distance, rising above Banstead Wood, is the water tower of the former Queen Elizabeth Hospital, now converted to a residential estate.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.30783
Longitude
-0.189289