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Thames Chase
Thames Chase is a Community Forests in England, community forest of 9842 hectares (24,320 acres/38 square miles) located in 47 sites in London and Essex, England. Its stated aim is "to renew and regenerate the landscape at the edge of East London and South Essex by creating Thames Chase, the Community Forest: a varied wooded landscape for local people to influence, create, use, enjoy and cherish". It has been managed as a community forest since 1990. The forest centre is located near Upminster and is surrounded by of new woodlands, meadows and ponds managed by Forestry England. List of sites * London Borough of Havering ** Berwick Glades ** Berwick Woods ** Bonnetts Wood ** Hornchurch Country Park ** Pages Wood ** River Ingrebourne, Ingrebourne Valley ** Parklands * London Borough of Barking and Dagenham ** Central Park ** Eastbrookend Country Park ** The Chase Nature Reserve ** Bretons Outdoor Centre ** Beam Valley Country Park * Essex ** in the Brentwood, Essex, Brentwood area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Post Wood - Geograph
White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White on television and computer screens is created by a mixture of red, blue, and green light. The color white can be given with white pigments, especially titanium dioxide. In ancient Egypt and ancient Rome, priestesses wore white as a symbol of purity, and Romans wore white togas as symbols of citizenship. In the Middle Ages and Renaissance a white unicorn symbolized chastity, and a white lamb sacrifice and purity. It was the royal color of the kings of France, and of the monarchist movement that opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War (1917–1922). Greek and Roman temples were faced with white marble, and beginning in the 18th century, with the advent of neoclassical architecture, white became the most common color of new churches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
