- Cheesefoot Head
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Cheesefoot Head Site of Special Scientific Interest Area of Search Hampshire Grid reference SU530279 Coordinates 51°02′52″N 1°14′35″W / 51.047911°N 1.243118°WCoordinates: 51°02′52″N 1°14′35″W / 51.047911°N 1.243118°W Interest Biological Area 12.9 ha (32 acres) Notification 1951 Natural England website Cheesefoot Head is a large natural amphitheatre (also known as Matterley Bowl) and beauty spot just outside Winchester, England. It is situated on the A272 road (South Downs Way), and is rated a Site of Special Scientific Interest.[1] There are three bowl barrows on the site.[2]
During the Second World War boxing events were held here for the entertainment of American troops stationed locally, and prior to D-Day, General Eisenhower addressed those troops.[3]
Cheesefoot Head is regularly the site of crop circles.[4]
The now defunct Homelands music festival was held in Matterley Bowl annually. In addition, The Glade music festival was held here in 2009.
References
- ^ (PDF) SSSI Citation — Cheesefoot Head. Natural England. http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1004528.pdf. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
- ^ http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/11485/cheesefoot_head_barrows.html
- ^ "Hampshire Cam UK - The Photographic Rambles of a Retired Photographer". www.hampshirecam.co.uk. http://www.hampshirecam.co.uk/dday/dday.html. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
- ^ http://www.cropcircleconnector.com/2008/cheesefoot/cheesefoot2008a.html
See also
Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Hampshire Basingstoke Canal · Beacon Hill, Warnford · Blackwater Valley · Boulsbury Wood · Bourley and Long Valley · Burghclere Beacon · Butser Hill · Catherington Down · Cheesefoot Head · Chichester Harbour · Dibden Bay · Ebblake Bog · Fleet Pond · Foxlease And Ancells Meadows · Galley Down Wood · Greywell Tunnel · Hurst Castle And Lymington River Estuary · Itchen Navigation · Ladle Hill · Langstone Harbour · Lymington River · Lymington River Reedbeds · Mottisfont Bats · New Forest · Noar Hill · Old Winchester Hill · Pamber Forest and Silchester Common · Portsmouth Harbour · River Avon System · River Itchen · River Test · Selborne Common · Southampton Common · Sowley Pond · St. Catherine's Hill · Trodds Copse · Woolmer Forest
Neighbouring areas: Berkshire · Dorset · Isle of Wight · Surrey · West Sussex · Wiltshire
Categories:- Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Hampshire
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1951
- Geography of Hampshire
- Visitor attractions in Hampshire
- Hampshire geography stubs
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