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Landford Bog

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Landford Bog (grid reference SU259185) is an 11.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Landford in southeast Wiltshire, England. It was notified in 1987. The site is managed as a nature reserve by Wiltshire Wildlife Trust.

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Lyndhurst Road
SP5 2AR
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