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The "pit", or "box" itself is simply a container for storing the sand so that it does not spread outward across lawns or other surrounding surfaces. Boxes of various shapes are often constructed from planks, logs, or other large wooden frames that allow children easy access to the sand and also provide a convenient place to sit. Small sandpits ...
Burcom Sand UK Humber 53°35’N 00°04’W SE-NW 2.5 1 Buiten Ratel Belgium SNS 51°15’N 02°31’E SW-NE 14.8 2 Bull Sand UK Humber 53°33’N 00°05’E SE-NW 4.0 1.5 Buxey Sand UK SNS 51°41’N 01°27’E SW-NE 9 4 Chequer Shoal UK Humber 53°33’N 00°10’E E-W 3.5 2 Cleaver Bank: Netherlands SNS 54°10'N 03°08'E Klaverbank Coal Pit
Gilbert's Pit is a 5.2-hectare (13-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Charlton in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It was notified in 1985 and was formerly known as Charlton Sand Pit. [1] It is a Geological Conservation Review site. [2] It is also part of the Maryon Wilson Park and Gilbert's Pit Local Nature Reserve.
Horsell Common is a 355-hectare (880-acre) open space in Horsell, near Woking in Surrey.It is owned and managed by the Horsell Common Preservation Society. [2] An area of 152 hectares (380 acres) is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest [1] [3] and part of the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area.
Buckingham Sand Pit is a 1.8 hectares (4.4 acres) Local Nature Reserve in Buckingham.It is owned and managed by Aylesbury Vale District Council. [1] [2]The site is important geologically as it is a rare exposure of Quaternary Ice Age layers, showing clays, sands and pebble layers from the Anglian Ice Age around 450,000 years ago, when Buckingham was under two kilometres of ice.
Horsell is a village in the borough of Woking in Surrey, England, less than a mile north-west of Woking town centre. [1] In November 2012, its population was 9,384. [2] Horsell is integral to H. G. Wells' classic science fiction novel The War of the Worlds, the sand pits of Horsell Common being the site of the first Martian landing. [3]
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Bolter End Sand Pit is a 0.33-hectare (0.82-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Bolter End Common in Buckinghamshire. [1] [2]The site is a disused pit with steep banks, overgrown, on private land with no public access. [3]