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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]

A - B

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

Site name Reason for Designation Area[A] Grid reference[B] Year in which notified Map[C]
Biological Interest Geological Interest Hectares Acres
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

  1. ^ "Notification of SSSIs". Natural England. http://www.english-nature.org.uk/special/sssi/notification.cfm. Retrieved on 2007-03-03. 
  2. ^ "Guide to National Grid". Ordnance Survey. http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/getamap/help.html#gridref. Retrieved on 2007-03-03. 
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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
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Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the United Kingdom, grouped by Area of Search
England
Northern Ireland

Antrim · Ards · Armagh City & District · Ballymena · Ballymoney · Banbridge · Belfast City · Carrickfergus · Castlereagh · Coleraine · Cookstown · Craigavon · Derry City · Down · Dungannon & South Tyrone · Fermanagh · Larne · Limavady · Lisburn City · Magherafelt · Moyle · Newry & Mourne · Newtownabbey · North Down · Omagh · Strabane
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

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