Twyford Down

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Twyford Down is a chalk downland area near Winchester in Hampshire, England, noted for its archaeological significance and for the controversial M3 motorway cutting that sparked major environmental protests in the early 1990s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site
chalk downland
geographical feature
associatedWith UK environmental direct action movement
controversy construction of M3 motorway cutting through downland
country United Kingdom
crossedBy M3 motorway NERFINISHED
debatedBy UK government
environmental groups
environmentalImpact landscape fragmentation
loss of chalk downland habitat
geology chalk
hasArchaeologicalFeature ancient trackways
burial sites
prehistoric earthworks
hasConservationConcern protection of remaining chalk downland
hasCulturalSignificance case study in environmental planning conflicts
symbol of UK road protest movement
hasEvent Twyford Down road protests
hasLandUse grazing land
recreational walking area
hasView Winchester and surrounding countryside
inspired later UK road protests
knownFor M3 motorway cutting
archaeological significance
environmental protests
road protest movement in the United Kingdom
locatedIn England
Hampshire
locatedNear Winchester
nearSettlement Twyford, Hampshire
surface form: Twyford

Winchester
overlooks River Itchen
partOf Itchen Valley
surface form: Itchen Valley landscape

South Downs
protestsOccurredIn early 1990s
region South East England
terrain open downland slopes
timeOfMajorConstruction early 1990s
transportProject City of Winchester district
surface form: M3 extension around Winchester
vegetation chalk grassland

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Twyford, Hampshire isCloseTo Twyford Down