Cheesefoot Head

Cheesefoot Head
Cheesefoot Head
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Cheesefoot Head is located in Hampshire
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Shown within Hampshire
Area of Search Hampshire
Grid reference SU530279
Coordinates 51°02′52″N 1°14′35″W / 51.047911°N 1.243118°W / 51.047911; -1.243118Coordinates: 51°02′52″N 1°14′35″W / 51.047911°N 1.243118°W / 51.047911; -1.243118
Interest Biological
Area 12.9 ha (32 acres)
Notification 1951 (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

  1. ^ (PDF) SSSI Citation — Cheesefoot Head. Natural England. http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1004528.pdf. Retrieved 2008-10-25. 
  2. ^ http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/11485/cheesefoot_head_barrows.html
  3. ^ "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. 
  4. ^ http://www.cropcircleconnector.com/2008/cheesefoot/cheesefoot2008a.html

See also

v · d · eSites 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

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