The new clause is also about water meadows.
I should perhaps have declared my interest long ago, both in fisheries and as someone who knows something about water meadows.
In large floodplains, fresh-water herbaceous swamps or marshes and cattle-grazed water meadows surround the forest landward, up to the cultivated areas.
Several are intimately linked to growing hazards as pressure for new housing encroaches upon floodplains and old water meadows.
Much of the land to the south of the town centre is old water meadow.
It shows evidence of previous management as a water meadow as it has a pattern of ditches.
The southern meadow is continuously wet and can be considered a "true" water meadow.
It was built in the 19th century and comprised typical terraced houses on an old water meadow.
