List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Berkshire

The following is a list of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Berkshire, England, United Kingdom. In England the body responsible for designating SSSIs is Natural England, which chooses a site because of its fauna, flora, geological or physiographical features.^[1]

Sites

A–B

Site name	Reason for Designation		Area^[A]		Grid reference^[B]	Year in which notified	Map^[C]
Site name	Biological Interest	Geological Interest	Hectares	Acres	Grid reference^[B]	Year in which notified	Map^[C]
Aldermaston Gravel Pits	Y		23.4	57.8	SU596668	1955	[1]
Ashridge Wood	Y		15.6	38.5	SU500784	1954	[2]
Avery's Pightle	Y		1.3	3.2	SU435651	1985	[3]
Bisham Woods	Y		83.67	206.75	SU856850	1970	[4]
Blackwater Valley	Y		35.0	86.6	SU849604	1987	[5]
Bowdown and Chamberhouse Woods	Y		66.8	165.1	SU509654	1983	[6]
Boxford Chalk Pit		Y	0.4	1.1	SU431719	1970	[7]
Boxford Water Meadows	Y		14.0	34.6	SU428719	1986	[8]
Bray Meadows	Y		6.6	16.1	SU888801	1998	[9]
Bray Pennyroyal Field	Y		3.4	8.5	SU915783	1991	[10]
Briff Lane Meadows	Y		8.7	21.5	SU544702	1986	[11]
Brimpton Pit		Y	1.6	5.1	SU566651	1984	[12]
Broadmoor to Bagshot Woods and Heaths	Y		4193.4	1697.0	SU877644	1973	[13]

C–H

Site name	Reason for Designation		Area^[A]		Grid reference^[B]	Year in which notified	Map^[C]
Site name	Biological Interest	Geological Interest	Hectares	Acres	Grid reference^[B]	Year in which notified	Map^[C]
Cannoncourt Farm Pit
Catmore and Winterly Copses
Chawridge Bourne
Chilton Foliat Meadows
Cleeve Hill
Cock Marsh
Cold Ash Quarry
Combe Wood and Linkenholt Hanging
Coombe Wood, Frilsham
Croker's Hole
Decoy Pit, Pools and Woods
Easton Farm Meadow
Enborne Copse
Englemere Pond
Fognam Chalk Quarry
Freeman's Marsh
Great Thrift Wood
Greenham and Crookham Commons
Hamstead Marshall Pit
Heath Lake
Hog's Hole
Holies Down

I–S

Site name	Reason for Designation		Area^[A]		Grid reference^[B]	Year in which notified	Map^[C]
Site name	Biological Interest	Geological Interest	Hectares	Acres	Grid reference^[B]	Year in which notified	Map^[C]
Inkpen and Walbury Hills
Inkpen Common
Inkpen Crocus Fields
Irish Hill Copse
Kennet and Lambourn Floodplain
Kennet Valley Alderwoods
King's Copse
Lardon Chase
Lodge Wood and Sandford Mill
Longmoor Bog
Old Copse, Beenham
Parkfarm Down
Pincent's Kiln
Redhill Wood
River Kennet
River Lambourn
Sandhurst to Owlsmoor Bogs and Heaths
Seven Barrows
Snelsmore Common
Stanford End Mill and River Loddon
Streatley Warren
Sulham and Tidmarsh Woods and Meadows
Swinley Park and Brick Pits

T–Z

Site name	Reason for Designation		Area^[A]		Grid reference^[B]	Year in which notified	Map^[C]
Site name	Biological Interest	Geological Interest	Hectares	Acres	Grid reference^[B]	Year in which notified	Map^[C]
Thatcham Reed Beds
Wasing Wood Ponds
Wellington College Bog
West Woodhay Down
West's Meadow, Aldermaston
Westfield Farm Chalk Bank
White Shute
Windsor Forest and Great Park
Winterbourne Chalk Pit
Woolhampton Reed Bed
Wraysbury & Hythe End Gravel Pits
Wraysbury No 1 Gravel Pit
Wykery Copse

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.^[2]

^C Link to maps using the Nature on the Map service provided by English Nature.

References

^ "Notification of SSSIs". Natural England. http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/special/sssi/notification.cfm. Retrieved 2007-03-03.
^ "Guide to National Grid". Ordnance Survey. http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/getamap/help.html#gridref. Retrieved 2007-03-03.

Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Berkshire

Aldermaston Gravel Pits · Ashridge Wood · Avery's Pightle · Bisham Woods · Blackwater Valley · Bowdown and Chamberhouse Woods · Boxford Chalk Pit · Boxford Water Meadows · Bray Meadows · Bray Pennyroyal Field · Briff Lane Meadows · Brimpton Pit · Broadmoor to Bagshot Woods and Heaths · Cannoncourt Farm Pit · Catmore and Winterly Copses · Chawridge Bourne · Chilton Foliat Meadows · Cleeve Hill · Cock Marsh · Cold Ash Quarry · Combe Wood, Frilsham · Croker's Hole · Decoy Pit, Pools and Woods · Easton Farm Meadow · Enborne Copse · Englemere Pond · Fognam Chalk Quarry · Freeman's Marsh · Great Thrift Wood · Greenham and Crookham Commons · Hampstead Marshall Pit · Heath Lake · Hog's Hole · Holies Down · Inkpen and Walbury Hills · Inkpen Common · Inkpen Crocus Fields · Irish Hill Copse · Kennet and Lambourn Floodplain · Kennet Valley Alderwoods · King's Copse · Lardon Chase · Lodge Wood and Sandford Mill · Longmoor Bog · Old Copse, Beenham · Parkfarm Down · Pincent's Kiln · Redhill Wood · River Kennet · River Lambourn · Sandhurst to Owlsmoor Bogs and Heaths · Seven Barrows · Snelsmore Common · Stanford End Mill and River Loddon · Streatley Warren · Sulham and Tidmarsh Woods and Meadows · Swinley Park and Brick Pits · Thatcham Reed Beds · Wasing Wood Ponds · Wellington College Bog · West Woodhay Down · West's Meadow, Aldermaston · Westfield Farm Chalk Bank · White Shute · Windsor Forest and Great Park · Winterbourne Chalk Pit · Woolhampton Reed Bed Wraysbury and Hythe End Gravel Pits · Wraysbury No 1 Gravel Pit · Wykery Copse

Neighbouring areas: Buckinghamshire · Hampshire · London · Oxfordshire · Surrey · Wiltshire

Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the United Kingdom, grouped by Area of Search

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Northern Ireland	County Antrim County Armagh County Down County Fermanagh County Londonderry County Tyrone

Scotland	Angus and Dundee Annandale and Eskdale Badenoch and Strathspey Banff and Buchan Berwickshire and Roxburgh Caithness Clydesdale and South East Glasgow Cumnock and Kyle Dumbarton and North Glasgow Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy East Perth East Ross and Cromarty Edinburgh and West Lothian Falkirk and Clackmannan Gordon and Aberdeen Inverness Islay and Jura Kincardine and Deeside Kintyre Lorne Mid and East Lothian Mid Argyll and Cowal Moray and Nairn Mull, Coll and Tiree Nithsdale North East Fife North Lochaber North West Sutherland North Wester Ross and Cromarty Orkney Renfrew and Cunninghame Rum and the Small Isles Shetland Skye and Lochalsh South East Sutherland South Lochaber South Perth South Wester Ross and Cromarty Stirling Tweeddale and Ettrick and Lauderdale West Perth Western Isles North Western Isles South Wigtown and Stewartry

Wales	Brecknock Carmarthen & Dinefwr Ceredigion Clwyd East Gwynedd Gwent Mid & South Glamorgan Montgomery Preseli & South Pembrokeshire Radnor West Glamorgan West Gwynedd