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Chris Packham desperate to save nature haven earmarked for multi-billion pound theme park

"We don't want a theme park - we want wildlife!" Chris Packham tweeted to raise profile of the importance of the site.

SWNS by SWNS
2022-07-03 09:09
in Environment, News
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TV presenter Chris Packham has backed a campaign to save a nature haven where developers want to build a multi-billion pound theme park.

Swanscombe Marshes in Kent is an old ‘brownfield’ site that has become a haven for nature.

The area has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and is home to one of the rarest spiders in the country.

Packham, 61, posted a picture of himself on Twitter wearing a pin of a rare jumping spider and telling his 556,000 followers about the threat it faces from the development.

It’s small but very distinguished this little jumping spider and its home is the threatened Swanscombe Marshes SSSI in Kent – we don’t want a theme park – we want wildlife ! @Buzz_dont_tweet @Natures_Voice @rtaylorjones pic.twitter.com/fI5atkjJaP

— Chris Packham (@ChrisGPackham) June 30, 2022

He said: “It’s small but very distinguished this little jumping spider and its home is the threatened Swanscombe Marshes SSSI in Kent – we don’t want a theme park – we want wildlife!”

Dartford Green Party councillor Laura Edie shared the post adding: “Amazing to have the legend that is @ChrisGPackham back the campaign to save Swanscombe Peninsula.”

The Save Swanscombe Peninsula campaign group also thanked the Springwatch presenter for his support.

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Last year Natural England designated the peninsula a SSSI because of the rare wildlife that lives there.

In a statement at the time the agency said: “The 260-hectare site alongside the Thames Estuary forms a corridor of habitats connecting Ebbsfleet Valley with the southern shore of the River Thames between Dartford and Gravesend.

200 species

“The area is home to over 1,700 invertebrate species, which includes over a quarter of the UK’s water beetle species and more than 200 species that are considered of conservation importance.

“The site has been shaped by a number of industries including power generation, dredging, landfill and more than 150 years of chalk quarrying for cement production.

“These processes have left an incredible assortment of grassland, scrub, wetlands, grazing marsh and saltmarsh habitat, providing ideal conditions for a unique variety of wildlife.

“It is one of just two places in the UK where the critically endangered distinguished jumping spider is found, the other being West Thurrock Marshes in Essex.”

A petition on 38 Degrees to Environment Secretary George Eustice called Save Swanscombe Marshes has more than 35,000 signatures.

Developers London Resort Company Holdings want to use Swanscombe Peninsula as the location for a £2.5 billion theme park seen as a UK version of Disneyland.

It would be one of Europe’s largest leisure and hospitality sites covering an area the size of 140 football pitches and would be host to rides, hotels, bars and other events.

The developers claim the project will deliver as many as 50,000 jobs and for that reason it has gained support from Gravesham Council.

Council leader John Burden said: “We should not dismiss the importance of that to our local economy lightly”.

Related: Chris Packham urges royal family: ‘Rewild your estates’

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