Rowridge Valley
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Rowridge Valley is a 39.8 hectare Site of special scientific interest
which is 2km east of the village of Calbourne
and just east of the Rowridge Transmitter
mast. The site was notified in 1951 for its biological features.
Site of Special Scientific Interest
A Site of Special Scientific Interest is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. SSSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations in Great Britain are based upon...
which is 2km east of the village of Calbourne
Calbourne
Calbourne is a village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight. It is located eight kilometres from Newport in the west of the island.The village takes its name from the stream that passes through town, the Caul Bourne...
and just east of the Rowridge Transmitter
Rowridge Transmitter
The Rowridge transmitting station is a facility for FM radio and television transmission at Rowridge on the Isle of Wight in southern England. It currently has a tall guyed mast, owned and operated by Arqiva , though during the summer of 2010 construction started on a replacement mast. There is a...
mast. The site was notified in 1951 for its biological features.