Old Meadows Walk is in Harnham, to the south of Salisbury.
‘Old Meadows’ is probably a reference to the ‘water meadows’ between Salisbury and Harnham.
The Water Meadows are the fields which are either side of ‘Town Path’ – the path which runs from Elizabeth Gardens to the Old Mill at Harnham.
The meadows are ‘part of a Site of Special Scientific Interest and are an Enviromentally Sensitive Area.’1
The meadows feature an irrigation system which was once widespread but has since largely disappeared from the area. They also feature a llama called ‘Leroy’.
There’s much more detail on the history of the water meadows, the irrigation system and Leroy at the Harnham Water Meadows website.
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