Alverstone Mead

Alverstone Mead

Alverstone Mead Local Nature Reserve is a lowland freshwater wetland nature reserve close to Sandown, Isle of Wight. it is a part of the Alverstone Marshes SSSI.

The site is on the floodplain of the Eastern Yar, and is a popular spot for birdwatchers. The old trackbed of the Newport-Sandown railway runs through it, and is now a cycleway.

It is owned by the Isle of Wight Council and leased to the Wight Nature Fund.

External links

* [http://www.newchurchiow.co.uk/alverstone_mead.htm" Alverstone Mead - Wetland focal Nature Reserve"] , Newchurch Parish website
* [http://www.iwight.com/living_here/planning/Countryside/Nature_Reserves/Alverstone_Mead/ Isle of Wight Council entry]


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