Twyford Down is an area of chalk downland lying directly to the southeast of Winchester, Hampshire, England next to St. Catherine's Hill and close to the...
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protesters and travellers in England, noted for their occupation of Twyford Down outside Winchester, Hampshire. The name Dongas comes from the Matabele...
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miles (4.8 kilometres) south of Winchester and near the M3 motorway and Twyford Down. In 2001, the population of the parish was 1,456. The village and parish...
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environmental campaigns across Britain due to its large cutting through wooded Twyford Down; numerous road protests were held which delayed its opening. Similar...
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it links with the M27 south coast motorway. The construction of the Twyford Down cutting near Winchester caused major controversy by cutting through a...
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& Nash) and Twyford Down. The latter was a comment on the road building protests taking place at the time and the protest at Twyford Down in particular...
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bypasses were built along this route – at Newbury on the A34, and at Twyford Down near Winchester on the M3 – but these were controversial for environmental...
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complete the M3 motorway by building a six-lane road in a cutting through Twyford Down. This attracted the first direct action protests against a major road...
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politics at Bristol University and joined the 'Dongas' protest camp at Twyford Down against the construction of one of the road schemes, a new section of...
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Robert E. Twyford had an important role in the development of the automobile. He originally started out as a building contractor in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
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became involved in the Dongas road protest group at sites including Twyford Down, Solsbury Hill, and the M11 link road protest in east London. After chaining...
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Itchen Navigation (section Below Twyford)
back to the valley. The canal is on the western edge of Twyford Down, and continues through Twyford Lane End Lock before it briefly rejoins the river. Some...
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through Twyford Down. In spite of legal challenges in the High Court and the European Court of Justice, the campaign ultimately failed to save the down, but...
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1993 that the Dongas road protest group moved after being driven from Twyford Down by bulldozers. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 185 Winchester &...
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Talbot 5:29 4. "Twyford Down" Gallagher, Talbot 6:56 5. "What Colour Our Flag (Part 1)" Gallagher 5:21 6. "Cold Wind" Gallagher 6:10 7. "Down in the Gulley"...
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start of building work. A number of protesters were veterans from the Twyford Down protests over the building of the M3 motorway. Others were students,...
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protest in the United Kingdom List of road protests in the UK and Ireland Twyford Down Newbury bypass Camp for Climate Action Reclaim the Streets Swampy Plane...
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A3090) in Winchester. Downgraded in 1995 due to completion of the M3 over Twyford Down; Sussex Street is now the southern end of the B3420 and City Road is...
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the need for new road building at a time of major road protests, at Twyford Down and other locations. Set initially at 3% above inflation it was increased...
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small group of local residents waving placards and shouting slogans. The Twyford Down M3 extension saw the first direct action protest camp, led by idealistic...
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St. Catherine's Hill. After again passing under the M3 at the foot of Twyford Down, the Navigation and path cross to the west of the river, past Shawford...
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movement started with a concurrent focus on roads, and a protest camp at Twyford Down was started, against the M3 in Hampshire. Whilst Earth First groups still...
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road schemes (including the Newbury Bypass and the M3 extension through Twyford Down). The inns on the road, many of which still survive, were staging posts...
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Twyford railway station serves the large village of Twyford in Berkshire, England. The station is on the Great Western Main Line, 31 miles 1 chain (31...
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other parties in the road protest movement. There were large camps at Twyford Down and the M11 link road protest. By 1997, the Government had decided to...
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The bypass was subsequently replaced by the completion of the M3 over Twyford Down, which generated a significant road protest. "Directions from A329 Reading...
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radical environmental advocacy group Earth First! at Oxleas Wood and Twyford Down. Two Sevens was closely associated with the literary magazine Rebel Inc...
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Philip Stoner Twyford (born 4 May 1963) is a politician from New Zealand and a member of the Labour Party. He has been a Member of Parliament since 2008...
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east by the M3 motorway. That road, built in the 1990s, aroused the Twyford Down protests. St Catherine's Hill seen above Winchester College Chapel Engraving...
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the United Kingdom Road protest in the United Kingdom Newbury Bypass Twyford Down 491 Gallery – a squatted social centre in Leytonstone in a building that...
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