Coate Water was overwelmingly voted 'Swindon's Favourite Place' in a competition organised by the town's Civic Trust earlier this year. Can you imagine development right up to the tree line in this photograph?
	Photo: MW
	Will any view of Coate Water be the same?
Photo: MW
Map of Coate Water showing the nearer parts of the proposed development in pink (approximate)

Coate Water is a Special Site of Scientific Interest (description). There are grave fears for survival of the variety of flora and fauna if the Country Park becomes surrounded by development rather than countryside. Could what would effectively be a municipal park sustain SSSI status?

Coate Water Links

Swindon Borough Council's site

Leisure Walk (over now threatened countryside) on This Is Wiltshire - WITHDRAWN

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