The Story of the Cotswold Water Park SSSI
Posted by:
Claire Minett, Posted on:
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Categories:
Biodiversity, Protected sites and species, Site of Special Scientific Interest
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The Cotswold Water Park was created and continues to expand as a result of mineral mining activity across Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Oxfordshire. It comprises of over 170 lakes, and is an incredibly important place for biodiversity, recreation, continued mineral operations …