Deciduous Woodland, Southwater Country Park, Southwater, West Sussex

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Deciduous Woodland, Southwater Country Park, Southwater, West Sussex by Pete Chapman as part of the Geograph project.

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Deciduous Woodland, Southwater Country Park, Southwater, West Sussex

Image: © Pete Chapman Taken: 11 Apr 2005

Southwater Country Park was created by the local authority on the site of an old brick works in the 1980s. The area was landscaped and planted with native species. The view here shows how the planting of this disused industrial area has developed from scrubby thicket into fine open woodland.

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