Hawkesbury Meadow
Encyclopedia
Hawkesbury Meadow is a 3.3 hectare
biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in South Gloucestershire
, notified in 1987.
Hectare
The hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2...
biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire is a unitary district in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, in South West England.-History:The district was created in 1996, when the county of Avon was abolished, by the merger of former area of the districts of Kingswood and Northavon...
, notified in 1987.
Source
- English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed on 16 July 2006)