Freeman's Marsh is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the civil parish of Hungerford in the English county of Berkshire. A Site of Special Scientific Interest or SSSI is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. ... A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ... Hungerford is a market town by the River Kennet in the English county of Berkshire. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Berkshire (IPA: or  ; sometimes abbreviated to Berks) is a county in England and forms part of the South East England region. ...

Located at grid reference SU329686, the site consists of unimproved meadows, marsh and reedbed. It is an important site for overwintering, migratory and breeding birds and supports many varieties of flora which are scarce in Southern England. It is located in the floodplain of the River Dun, a small tributary of the River Kennet and is bordered by the Kennet and Avon Canal. It was cited by English Nature in 1986, and also forms part of the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.^[1] The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... There are two waterways acknowledged as the River Dun. ... The Kennet is a river in the south east of England, and a tributary of the River Thames. ... The canal at Bathampton, near Bath The Kennet and Avon Canal is a canal in southern England. ... English Nature is the United Kingdom Government Agency that promotes the conservation of wildlife, geology and wild places throughout England. ... The North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is located in the English counties of Berkshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire. ...

There are plans to construct a marina and hotel complex adjacent to the site, but the potential environmental impacts (particularly to water voles) of such a development on Freeman's Marsh have led to local opposition.^[2][3] Binomial name Arvicola terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758) // Description The Water Vole (Arvicola terrestris) is a semi-aquatic mammal that resembles a rat. ...

References

September 22 is the 265th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (266th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 22 is the 265th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (266th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 22 is the 265th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (266th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Further reading

• English Heritage's Hungerford Common project (which involves areas of Freeman's Marsh)
• Will of William Vokin's bequeathing his leasehold estate on Freeman's Marsh

Coordinates: 51°24′56″N, 1°31′42″W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...