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Situated behind the High Street adjacent to the Abbey car park |
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A National Trust site at the top of Marley Lane and Upper Lake |
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Situated behind the High Street at the end of Western Avenue near the cricket ground. |
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Accessed via the footpath between the end of Saxonwood Road and Asten Fields |
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Picture taken in Spring 2007 |
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Wild Orchids in the cemetery wildflower bed May 2007 |
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At the top of Caldbec Hill behind the windmill. This historic site is where the armies of King Harold gathered before
the Battle in 1066
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Bank of Springtime flowers near to the junction with Netherfield Road. It includes Primroses, Ajuga, Anemone, Ladies
Mantle, Ox-eye daisies and Speedwell
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The meadow is situated on the main road to Netherfield
and has been progressively enhanced over the last 5 years. We are exploring the possibility of using seed from this meadow
to create a wildflower meadow at the Kingsmead Open Space above.
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Ivyland Farm Environmental Project
Ivyland Farm, part of Plumpton College, has constructed what they call their "Living Classroom". The key features
of this "carbon friendly" building are as follows
- Internal walls constructed from rammed earth
- Rainwater for toilets is collected via the roof in an underground tank
- Solar panels will heat water used in the building
- A wood fired boiler will heat rooms via radiators
- High performance room insulation (thermal glass, lambs wool cavity insulation, paper beneath floors, cork above ceilings).
- There are also plans to install a "Green Roof"for wildlife habitats
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Rainwater Harvesting Tank Experience from the drought conditions in 2006 demonstrated
the limitations of water butts for watering floral displays in areas the size of Battle town centre
It has been calculated that the volume of the water falling on
the roofs to the Cemetery chapel and adjoining workshop is about 60,000 litres per year.
To minimise the use of mains water for watering the town's
displays in 2007 we have recently installed a second hand 5,000 litre tank to harvest the rainwater from the middle
two roofs of the chapel and workshop. The water collected is pumped from the tank into a portable bowser that is then
used for watering the town’s hanging baskets and the main planters in Abbey Green.
We will use the experience from this pilot scheme to develop
further rainwater harvesting schemes to provide even more of the water we need for floral displays
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All green waste
from Beautiful Battle and Town Council projects is recycled by taking the waste to the cemetery for composting. This
includes all the debris from the Market Square maintenance contract. The Almonry now has its own
compost heap but when full the residue is taken to the cemetery for recycling.
In a survey by Rother District Council it was found that 54% of Battle residents already used home composting. This was more than in Rye and Bexhill.
Rother District Council held a “Recycling Roadshow” in Battle on 12th April to further promote the need to increase the town's performance
on all types of recycling. New green “wheeliebins” will be in use from June to further improve the recycling
of greenwaste. Beautiful Battle has visited the local Veolia recycling centre at Mountfield to establish what happens
to the green waste when it has been collected. The green waste is taken from the recycling centre for processing at
Beddingham where it is treated for a minimum period of 15 weeks. It is then sold as compost for agricultural use
or put in bags to be resold for domestic garden use. Some of the recycled composted material was also sent to St
Leonards-on Sea for use in the land reclamation project at the old Pebsham rubbish tip.
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