Northmoor Trust
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engineer Sir Martin Wood
Martin Wood (engineer)
Sir Martin Francis Wood, CBE, FRS was co-founder of Oxford Instruments, one of the first spin-out companies from the University of Oxford and still one of the most successful....
to promote environmental conservation through land management, education and land science. It is a registered charity
Charitable organization
A charitable organization is a type of non-profit organization . It differs from other types of NPOs in that it centers on philanthropic goals A charitable organization is a type of non-profit organization (NPO). It differs from other types of NPOs in that it centers on philanthropic goals A...
under English law.
Based at Little Wittenham
Little Wittenham
Little Wittenham is a village and civil parish on the south bank of the River Thames, northeast of Didcot in South Oxfordshire. It has one of only 220 habitats across Europe which is designated as a Special Area of Conservation under the European Union's Habitats Directive , on the Conservation of...
, the Trust currently manages a 300-hectare (750 acre) estate, which includes the Wittenham Clumps
Wittenham Clumps
Wittenham Clumps is the commonly used name for a set of small hills in the flat Thames Valley, in the civil parish of Little Wittenham in the English county of Oxfordshire....
, Little Wittenham Nature Reserve, a conservation farm and an area of woodland dedicated to forestry research.
In 2006 the Trust completed a move to new environmentally friendly offices at Hill Farm and opened their new landscape evolution centre, Project Timescape
Project Timescape
Project Timescape is Northmoor Trust's visitor and education centre near the Wittenham Clumps, Little Wittenham, Oxfordshire, England.Project Timescape's aim is to educate and engage people in their local landscape and inspire them to take action to protect it.Visitors can learn about the...
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Northmoor Trust runs an exciting events programme that aims to bring people closer to their landscape and therefore want to protect it. The Northmoor Trust organises Oxfordshire's Children's Food Festival
Children's food festival
Children's Food Festival 2009The Children's Food Festival, organised by the , is fronted by Patrons Raymond Blanc and Sophie Grigson, who will be giving hands-on demos, inviting children to help them chop, stir, smell and taste...
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