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Website last updated on 5th August 2008


The Trust

The Murray Downland Trust was founded in 1993 and named after both Dr Elizabeth (Betty) Murray, former Principal of Bishop Otter College, in Chichester, West Sussex, and her brother, Kenneth Murray.     The Murrays were pioneers of downland conservation at Heyshott in West Sussex.

The Trust is a Registered Charity and a Company Limited by Guarantee under the Companies Act.


Objectives

The Trust rescues and enhances neglected areas of unimproved chalk downland in the counties of Sussex and Hampshire, revealing their richness in terms of the species of flora and fauna present.     The formal objectives are laid down in the Trust's Memorandum of Association (Clause 3) as: " ... for the public benefit, the preservation, protection, development and improvement of areas of land of botanical, zoological, ecological, archaeological, historical or landscape interest or of natural beauty, by the acquisition by gift, purchase or lease or management by arrangement of downland, grassland, fenland, woodlands, agricultural land, common land and any land whatsoever."

The Directors have set their short and medium term objectives as managing small areas of chalk downland in Sussex and Hampshire, and so establishing a 'chain' of reserves.

Company No. 2873432         Registered Charity No. 1040076

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Recent Newsletters

December 2006

September 2007
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January 2008
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Annual Report

Directors' Annual Report
for year ended
31st March 2007
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