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Harnham consists of two wards: West and East Harnham, which currently have a combined population of around 7,300 West Harnham, formerly a countrified civil parish adjacent to New Salisbury was absorbed into the administration of one civil parish of Salisbury following the lead of East Harnham in 1903 [3]itself joining the city of Salisbury in 1927 at the same time as parts of Laverstock, Stratford and Bemerton.
Harnham lies to the south of Salisbury and is linked to the city by road via the Ayleswade bridge in East Harnham, originally constructed across the River Avon in 1244, and by foot via the Town Path across the "historic and important landscape" of the Harnham Water Meadows in West Harnham. The meadows lie between two branches of the River Nadder and extend into the outskirts of the city itself. They are part of an extensive irrigation system of floated water meadows, dating from the mid-seventeenth century. Now a Site of Special Scientific Interest (see East Harnham Meadows) they are still used for grazing and were voted the Best View in Britain by Country Life magazine in 2002. The meadows were made famous in John Constable's painting ‘Salisbury Cathedral - A View from the Water Meadow’. The meadows are managed by the Harnham Water Meadows Trust and owned by the Trust jointly with the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury Cathedral.
Harnham is the suburb of the city with the largest areas of housing valued at more than £400,000.
In the 13th century Salisbury sited its new Cathedral on the flat fertile plain encircled by the River Avon and protected by Harnham Hill; a chalk escarpment which rises steeply to the south. Harnham Slope comprises an area of woodland on the northern slope of Harnham Hill, including the West Harnham Chalk Pit a 2.8 hectares (6.9 acres) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest. Harnham Slope, its upper slope, is now managed as a public amenity space which, from its highest point, gives fine views across Harnham to the city including Salisbury Cathedral's highest current spire in the United Kingdom.
Happy Tree-Mendous Tuesday
Harnham consists of two wards: West and East Harnham, which currently have a combined population of around 7,300 West Harnham, formerly a countrified civil parish adjacent to New Salisbury was absorbed into the administration of one civil parish of Salisbury following the lead of East Harnham in 1903 [3]itself joining the city of Salisbury in 1927 at the same time as parts of Laverstock, Stratford and Bemerton.
Harnham lies to the south of Salisbury and is linked to the city by road via the Ayleswade bridge in East Harnham, originally constructed across the River Avon in 1244, and by foot via the Town Path across the "historic and important landscape" of the Harnham Water Meadows in West Harnham. The meadows lie between two branches of the River Nadder and extend into the outskirts of the city itself. They are part of an extensive irrigation system of floated water meadows, dating from the mid-seventeenth century. Now a Site of Special Scientific Interest (see East Harnham Meadows) they are still used for grazing and were voted the Best View in Britain by Country Life magazine in 2002. The meadows were made famous in John Constable's painting ‘Salisbury Cathedral - A View from the Water Meadow’. The meadows are managed by the Harnham Water Meadows Trust and owned by the Trust jointly with the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury Cathedral.
Harnham is the suburb of the city with the largest areas of housing valued at more than £400,000.
In the 13th century Salisbury sited its new Cathedral on the flat fertile plain encircled by the River Avon and protected by Harnham Hill; a chalk escarpment which rises steeply to the south. Harnham Slope comprises an area of woodland on the northern slope of Harnham Hill, including the West Harnham Chalk Pit a 2.8 hectares (6.9 acres) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest. Harnham Slope, its upper slope, is now managed as a public amenity space which, from its highest point, gives fine views across Harnham to the city including Salisbury Cathedral's highest current spire in the United Kingdom.