Uphill Cliff

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Uphill Cliff
Area of Search Avon
Grid Reference ST318583
Interest Biological
Area 19.8 hectare
Notification 1952
Location Map English Nature

Uphill Cliff (grid reference ST318583) is a 19.8 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Uphill, North Somerset, although it is in the Avon Area of Search used by English Nature which is based on the 1974-1996 county system[1].

Uphill Cliff looking North East
Uphill Cliff looking North East

The site was notified as an SSSI in 1952 and the area increased in a 1984 Revision. The site excludes Uphill Church and grounds.

It consists of species-rich calcareous grassland and rock-face situated on Carboniferous Limestone. Steeper banks and knolls in the grassland have a flora which includes orchids Somerset Hair Grass Koeleria vallesiana, and Honewort Trinia glauca and the Goldilocks Aster linosyris along with several species of butterfly and Weevil (Curculionoidea).[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ County search of SSSIs. English Nature. Retrieved on 2006-08-05.
  2. ^ Uphill Cliff. English Nature's SSSI Information. Retrieved on 2007-01-27.
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Biological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Avon
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Neighbouring areas: Gloucestershire • Somerset • Wiltshire
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Coordinates: 51.31970° N 2.98004° W