List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire
This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Gloucestershire. Note that English Nature, the designating body for SSSIs in England, uses the 1974-1996 county system, and this list follows the same approach. Some sites you may expect to find here could therefore be in the Avon list.
For other counties, see List of SSSIs by Area of Search.
Sites
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| Site name |
Reason for designation |
Area[A] |
Grid reference[B] |
Year in which notified |
Map[C] |
| Biological interest |
Geological interest |
Hectares |
Acres |
| Alderton Hill Quarry |
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Y |
0.3 |
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SP006345 |
1997 |
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| Ashleworth Ham |
Y |
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104.7 |
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SO833263 |
1974 |
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| Astridge Wood |
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| Badgeworth |
Y |
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SO911206 |
1954 |
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| Barnsley Warren |
Y |
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61.3 |
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SP055064 |
1954 |
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| Barton Bushes |
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| Bigsweir Woods |
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| Blaisdon Hall |
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| Bourton Down |
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| Box Farm Meadows |
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| Boxwell |
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| Brassey Reserve And Windrush Valley |
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| Brooks Head Grove |
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| Buckshaft Mine & Bradley Hill Railway Tunnel |
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SO655123 |
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| Bull Cross, The Frith And Juniper Hill |
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| Bushley Muzzard, Brimpsfield |
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C–H
| Site name |
Reason for designation |
Area[A] |
Grid reference[B] |
Year in which notified |
Map[C] |
| Biological interest |
Geological interest |
Hectares |
Acres |
| Caerwood And Ashberry Goose House |
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| Campden Tunnel Gravel Pit |
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| Chaceley Meadow |
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| Clarke's Pool Meadow |
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| Cleeve Common |
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| Coaley Wood Quarries |
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| Cockleford Marsh |
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| Collinpark Wood |
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| Coombe Hill |
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| Coombe Hill Canal |
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| Cotswold Commons And Beechwoods |
Y |
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665.5 |
1664.4 |
SP900130 |
1954 |
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| Cotswold Water Park |
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| Crickley Hill And Barrow Wake |
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D–H
| Site name |
Reason for designation |
Area[A] |
Grid reference[B] |
Year in which notified |
Map[C] |
| Biological interest |
Geological interest |
Hectares |
Acres |
| Daneway Banks |
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| Dean Hall Coach House & Cellar |
Y |
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0.1 |
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SO672130 |
1988 |
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| Devil's Chapel Scowles |
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| Dingle Wood |
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| Dixton Wood |
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| Dymock Woods |
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| Easter Park Farm Quarry |
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| Edge Common |
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| Edgehills Quarry |
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| Elmlea Meadows |
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| Foss Cross Quarry |
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| Frampton Pools |
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| Garden Cliff |
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| Hampen Railway Cutting |
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| Haresfield Beacon |
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| Harford Railway Cutting |
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| Highbury Wood |
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| Hobb's Quarry, Longhope |
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| Hornsleasow Quarry |
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| Hornsleasow Roughs |
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| Hucclecote Meadows |
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| Huntsman's Quarry |
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I–N
| Site name |
Reason for designation |
Area[A] |
Grid reference[B] |
Year in which notified |
Map[C] |
| Biological interest |
Geological interest |
Hectares |
Acres |
| Innsworth Meadow |
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| Jackdaw Quarry |
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| Juniper Hill, Edgeworth |
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| Kemble Railway Cuttings |
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| Kempley Daffodil Meadow |
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| Kingscote And Horsley Woods |
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| Knap House Quarry, Birdlip |
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| Land Grove Quarry, Mitcheldean |
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| Lark Wood |
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| Leckhampton Hill And Charlton Kings Common |
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| Lineover Wood |
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| Longhope Hill |
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| Lower Wye Gorge |
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| Lydney Cliff |
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| May Hill |
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| Meezy Hurst |
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| Minchinhampton Common |
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| Nagshead |
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| New Park Quarry |
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| Nibley Knoll |
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| Notgrove Railway Cutting |
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O–R
| Site name |
Reason for designation |
Area[A] |
Grid reference[B] |
Year in which notified |
Map[C] |
| Biological interest |
Geological interest |
Hectares |
Acres |
| Oakenhill Railway Cutting |
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| Old Bow And Old Ham Mines |
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| Old River Severn, Upper Lode |
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| Pennsylvania Fields, Sedbury |
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| Poor's Allotment |
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| Puckham Woods |
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| Puddlebrook Quarry |
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| Purton Passage |
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| Range Farm Fields |
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| River Wye |
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| Robin's Wood Hill Quarry |
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| Rodborough Common |
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| Rough Bank, Miserden |
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S–T
U–Z
| Site name |
Reason for designation |
Area[A] |
Grid reference[B] |
Year in which notified |
Map[C] |
| Biological interest |
Geological interest |
Hectares |
Acres |
| Upham Meadow And Summer Leasow |
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| Upper Severn Estuary |
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| Upper Wye Gorge |
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| Veizey's Quarry |
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| Wainlode Cliff |
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| Walmore Common |
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| Wellacre Quarry |
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| Westbury Brook Ironstone Mine |
Y |
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15.69 |
38.77 |
SO662166 |
1998 |
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| Whelford Meadow |
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| Wigpool Ironstone Mine |
Y |
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34.88 |
94.99 |
SO654197 |
1998 |
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| Wildmoorway Meadows |
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| Winson Meadows |
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| Wood Green Quarry & Railway Cutting |
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| Woodchester Park |
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| Wotton Hill |
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| Yarley Meadows |
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Notes
- A Data rounded to one decimal place.
- B Grid reference is based on the British national grid reference system, also known as OSGB36, and is the system used by the Ordnance Survey.[1]
- C Link to maps using the Nature on the Map service provided by English Nature.
References
English Nature citation sheets for each SSSI. Retrieved on 18 June 2011.
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