Talk:Swaffham Prior Chalk escarpment
Hi Wikipedia, How can I ensure this Article is Kept within the guidelines and so not Deleted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.134.139.210 (talk • contribs) 16:02, July 9, 2009
- By taking note of what it says in the tag:
- It does not cite any references or sources.
- The notability of this article's subject is in question.
- It may need to be wikified to meet Wikipedia's quality standards.
- In other words, you need to add some references from reliable third-party sources that support what has been written and allows people to verify that you haven't just made it all up. You also need to explain what it is that makes Swaffham Prior Chalk escarpment notable enough to have an encyclopedia article written about it. And to make it easier for people to pick up associations with other articles, you need to link to them. Follow the links provided for more information and take a look at other articles on similar subjects (it is often easier to copy a similar article and make you article from that). Astronaut (talk) 03:18, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
- You probably also want to drop the "quite an amazing..." and other peacock terms. Compared to some other sites in the world, the escarpment probably isn't very amazing at all. Astronaut (talk) 03:22, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
 | The contents of the Swaffham Prior Chalk escarpment page were merged into Swaffham Prior on 19 June 2010 and it now redirects there. For the contribution history and old versions of the merged article please see its history. |
- Swaffham Prior chalk escarpment is nearly hidden from view physically. This local natural history phenomenon is the chalk local term clunch) escarpment of Swaffham Prior and it runs the full length of this East Cambridgeshire village dating back to Anglo-saxon times.
- The village literally is built along its top and its bottom and a lot of the houses sit upon the ridge itself.The chalk escarpment straddles two very different local eco-systems. The Cambridgeshire Fens to the west, where the land slopes down. The chalk heathland to the east, Swaffham Prior heath, part of the Greater Newmarket chalk heath, where the land height increases and plateaus to a larger area in the east.
- There are views of the Cambridgeshire countryside on all sides.In a few places the ridge/escarpment is exposed, although usually within private property. However you can see a fraction of it from the high Street, opposite the parish play area.