Dumsey Meadow
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationSurrey
Grid referenceTQ 056 665[1]
InterestBiological
Area9.6 hectares (24 acres)[1]
Notification1994[1]
Location mapMagic Map

Dumsey Meadow is a 9.6-hectare (24-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Chertsey and Shepperton in Surrey.[1][2]

It is the only piece of undeveloped water meadow unfenced by the river remaining on the River Thames below Caversham.[3]

This unimproved and species-rich meadow is grazed by ponies and cattle. The most common grasses are rye-grass, common bent, red fescue and Yorkshire-fog, and there are herbs such as creeping cinquefoil, ribwort plantain and lesser hawkbit.[4]

There was formerly reference to "Dumsea Bushes", "Dumsea Corner" and "Dumsea Deep" at this point of the river, the bushes, which may have been a clump of willows, also going by the name of "Domesday Bushes".[5]

The Chertsey and Shepperton Regatta, which has taken place for over 150 years, is held at Dumsey Meadow in July/August.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Dumsey Meadow". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  2. "Map of Dumsey Meadow". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  3. "Biodiversity action Reporting System, Dumsey Meadow". Archived from the original on 18 November 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  4. "Dumsey Meadow citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  5. Fred. S. Thacker The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs 1920 - republished 1968 David & Charles

51°23′18″N 0°28′57″W / 51.3884°N 0.4825°W / 51.3884; -0.4825

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