Category: Lizard Horizons
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Linking the Lizard
By working across boundaries, we hope to ensure that The Lizard Peninsula continues to be internationally recognised for its rich and unique wildlife, landscape, cultural heritage and for its outdoor opportunities, which are welcoming to, and valued by, local people and visitors alike. The core partners of the Linking The Lizard Countryside Partnership are:
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Windmill Farm Nature Reserve
The nature reserve was purchased in 2001 with a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund and over the last 14 years the owners, Cornwall Wildlife Trust and Cornwall Bird Watching and Preservation Society, have worked along side partners to enhance and restore habitats for the benefit of rare and important wildlife. This work has created…
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Lizard Horizons Project – further information
Archaeological interestMost of the nature reserve (80%) lies within an Area of Great Historic Value (AGHV) and the windmill tower itself is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade II Listed Building. It is one of only five surviving windmill towers in Cornwall. A Bronze Age barrow close to the windmill is one of…
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.Lizard Horizons – The Landewenack Windmill Conservation & Environmental Education Project
Supported by: CBWPS Lizard Horizons Project Windmill Farm nature reserve on the Lizard is jointly owned by Cornwall Wildlife Trust and Cornwall Bird Watching and Preservation Society. The Lizard Horizons Project is funded by Heritage Lottery Fund and SITA Cornwall Trust and although some preliminary (scrub clearance) work has started, the majority…