Southampton Common
Frequently asked questions about The Common
We are frequently asked questions about the common management. Here are some examples:
Are there any other laws you have to work within when caring for the common?
Are there any plans to improve the way you tell people using the common what is going on?
Do you need to fell trees on the Common at all?
How many areas are under special conservation management?
How much of the Common is this type of Wet Heathland?
Shouldn’t there be open access to all areas of the Common?
What are the legal issues of the SSSI?
What are the reasons for leaving logs around on the common?
What can I do that will really help care for the Common?
What is so special about the area of Wet Heathland?
What’s going on by the ornamental lake?
Why did you have to fell so many trees & chop the tops of others?
Last updated: 9 July 2007


