Browndown

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Browndown is one of 105 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Hampshire. For more of the same, Lee-on-the Solent to Itchen Estuary and The Wild Grounds are close by. The nearest railway station is Portsmouth Harbour, about 4.4 km to the east.

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