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List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire

 
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Silbury Hill, one of the many SSSIs in Wiltshire designated for their grassland plant communities.

The following is a list of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Wiltshire, 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] As of 2006, there are 134 sites designated in this Area of Search, of which the vast majority, 108, have been designated due to their biological interest, with just 21 due to their geological interest (and 5 for both).[2]

Natural England took over the role of designating and managing SSSIs from English Nature in October 2006 when it was formed from the amalgamation of English Nature, parts of the Countryside Agency and the Rural Development Service. Natural England, like its predecessor, uses the 1974-1996 county system[3] and as such the same approach is followed here, rather than adopting the current local government or ceremonial county boundaries. The data in the table is taken from English Nature's website in the form of citation sheets for each SSSI.[4]

For other counties, see List of SSSIs by Area of Search.


Sites

A - B

Site name Reason for Designation Area[A] Grid reference[B] Year in which notified Map[C]
Biological Interest Geological Interest Hectares Acres
Acres Farm Meadow Check markY   4.2 10.4 SU024927 1989 1
River Avon System Check markY   507.8 1254.8 SU073583 1996 2
Baverstock Juniper Bank Check markY   2.6 6.4 SU035336 1971 3
Bencroft Hill Meadows Check markY   5.1 12.6 SU852732 1988 4
Bentley Wood Check markY   665.0 1643.0 SU250295 1985 5
Bincknoll Dip Woods Check markY   5.7 14.0 SU111796 1971 6
Blackmoor Copse Check markY   31.3 77.2 SU234292 1971 7
Botley Down Check markY   12.7 31.4 SU292598 1989 8
Bowerchalke Downs Check markY   128.6 317.7 SU004218 1971 9
Box Mine Check markY   56.6 139.8 ST838690 1991 10
Bracknell Croft Check markY   4.8 11.8 SU180330 1971 11
Bradley Woods Check markY   48.7 120.3 SU789410 1986 12
Bratton Downs Check markY Check markY 395.8 978.0 ST925522 1971 13
Brickworth Down and Dean Hill Check markY   118.6 293.9 SU246259 1951 14
Brimsdown Hill Check markY   193.7 478.6 ST821391 1951 15
Britford Water Meadows Check markY   18.2 45.0 SU166274 1975 16
Burcombe Down Check markY   47.1 116.4 SU064295 1971 17
Burderop Wood Check markY   48.5 119.8 SU165810 1971 18

C - D

Site name Reason for Designation Area[A] Grid reference[B] Year in which notified Map[C]
Biological Interest Geological Interest Hectares Acres
Calstone and Cherhill Downs Check markY   128.6 317.9 SU047692 1971 19
Camp Down Check markY   7.3 18.2 SU120338 1965 20
Charnage Down Chalk Pit   Check markY 3.7 9.1 ST837329 1971 21
Chickengrove Bottom Check markY   9.8 24.3 SU040216 1975 22
Chilmark Quarries Check markY Check markY 9.7 23.9 ST974312 1977 23
Chilton Foliat Meadows Check markY   54.6 134.9 SU315703 1971 24
Clattinger Farm Check markY   60.3 149.0 SU012933 1971 25
Clearbury Down Check markY   31.3 77.3 SU152240 1971 26
Cley Hill Check markY   26.6 65.7 ST838449 1975 27
Cloatley Manor Farm Meadows Check markY   12.1 29.9 SU981910 1997 28
Clout's Wood Check markY   11.8 29.1 SU137796 1951 29
Coate Water Check markY   51.1 126.4 SU188820 1971 30
Cockey Down Check markY   15.2 37.6 SU170317 1971 31
Colerne Park and Monk's Wood Check markY   53.7 132.6 ST838725 1951 32
The Coombes, Hinton Parva Check markY   15.9 39.2 ST228826 1989 33
Corsham Railway Cutting   Check markY 6.6 16.4 ST862695 1971 34
Cotswold Water Park Check markY   135.0 337 SU100960 1994 35
Cranborne Chase Check markY   451.4 1115.4 ST970180 1975 36
Dank's Down and Truckle Hill Check markY   13.1 32.4 SU834758 1990 37
Dead Maid Quarry   Check markY 0.4 1.10 ST803324 1951 38
Dinton Quarry   Check markY 0.3 0.7 SU006308 1990 39
Dinton Railway Cutting   Check markY 0.3 0.7 SU008309 1990 40
Distillery Farm Meadows Check markY   18.7 46.2 SU032898 1988 41

E - H

Site name Reason for Designation Area[A] Grid reference[B] Year in which notified Map[C]
Biological Interest Geological Interest Hectares Acres
East Harnham Meadows Check markY   17.3 42.7 SU151289 1995 42
Ebsbury Down Check markY   53.4 132.0 SU054352 1975 43
Emmett Hill Meadows Check markY   5.1 12.6 SU009901 1987 44
Figsbury Ring Check markY   11.2 27.7 SU188338 1975 45
Fonthill Grottoes Check markY   0.7 1.7 ST935315 1994 46
Fyfield Down Check markY Check markY 325.3 803.8 SU136709 1951 47
Gallows Hill Check markY   27.8 68.7 ST952244 1965 48
Goldborough Farm Meadows Check markY   10.3 25.50 SU086800 49
Great Cheverell Hill Check markY   33.2 82.1 ST966520 1971 50
Great Quarry, Swindon   Check markY 1.0 2.46 SU151836 1951 51
Great Yews Check markY   29.3 72.3 SU120231 1951 52
Gripwood Quarry   Check markY 2.9 7.0 ST822603 1951 53
Gutch Common Check markY   35.1 86.8 ST896259 1951 54
Ham Hill Check markY   1.5 3.8 SU333617 1971 55
Hang Wood Check markY   20.3 50.2 ST861319 1986 56
Harries Ground, Rodbourne Check markY   6.9 17.0 ST930823 2003 57
Haydon Meadow Check markY   6.4 15.8 SU120890 1999 58
Heath Hill Farm Check markY   20.7 51.2 ST757336 1997 59
Homington and Coombe Bissett Downs Check markY   25.0 61.8 SU104245 1971 60
Honeybrook Farm Check markY   42.4 104.8 SU841730 1992 61

I - N

Site name Reason for Designation Area[A] Grid reference[B] Year in which notified Map[C]
Biological Interest Geological Interest Hectares Acres
Inwood, Warleigh Check markY   56.9 140.5 ST800633 1988 62
Jones's Mill Check markY   11.6 28.7 SU168613 1975 63
Kellaways - West Tytherton, River Avon   Check markY 4.1 10.1 ST945750 1998 64
River Kennet Check markY   112.7 278.5 SU203692 1995 65
Kennet and Lambourn Floodplain Check markY   22.9 56.9 SU316705 1996 66
King's Play Hill Check markY   29.5 72.9 SU006658 1971 67
Knapp and Barnett's Downs Check markY   71.4 176.4 SU030266 1971 68
Knighton Downs and Wood Check markY   203.7 503.5 SU048237 1971 69
Lady Down Quarry   Check markY 0.2 0.58 ST961307 1990 70
Landford Bog Check markY   11.6 28.7 SU259185 1987 71
Landford Heath Check markY   11.8 29.0 SU265178 1994 72
Langley Wood and Homan's Copse Check markY   219.3 541.9 SU230206 1985 73
Little Grubbins Meadow Check markY   3.0 7.3 SU831773 1975 74
Long Knoll Check markY   34.2 84.5 SU794376 1971 75
Loosehanger Copse and Meadows Check markY   56.3 139.0 ST215195 1992 76
Lower Coombe and Ferne Brook Meadows Check markY   11.3 28.0 ST916236 2002 77
Lower Woodford Water Meadows Check markY   23.9 58.9 SU124347 1971 78
Midford Valley Woods Check markY   24.6 60.8 ST769611 1975 79
Morgan's Hill Check markY   12.6 31.1 SU028672 1951 80
The New Forest Check markY Check markY 28,947.4 71,529.0 SU298081 1959 81
North Meadow, Cricklade Check markY   24.6 109.7 SU094946 1971 82

O - R

Site name Reason for Designation Area[A] Grid reference[B] Year in which notified Map[C]
Biological Interest Geological Interest Hectares Acres
Odstock Down Check markY   12.1 29.9 SU139250 1975 83
Okus Quarry   Check markY 0.3 0.62 SU147836 1951 84
Old Town Railway Cutting, Swindon   Check markY 1.8 4.4 SU153832 1975 85
Out Woods Check markY   14.3 35.4 ST833763 1975 86
Parsonage Down Check markY   188.6 466.1 SU050412 1971 87
Pewsey Downs Check markY   305.3 754.4 SU113636 1951 88
Picket and Clanger Wood Check markY   66.4 164.1 ST975543 1989 89
Piggledene Check markY Check markY 4.7 11.6 SU141689 1965 90
Pike Corner Check markY   15.2 37.6 SU036934 1986 91
Pincombe Down Check markY   23.8 58.8 ST966217 1971 92
Porton Down Check markY   1,561.8 3,859.4 SU240365 1977 93
Porton Meadows Check markY   17.6 43.6 SU185362 1988 94
Prescombe Down Check markY   76.2 188.3 ST985255 1951 95
Rack Hill Check markY   10.6 26.1 ST842762 1975 96
Ravensroost Wood Check markY   43.7 107.9 SU022882 1989 97
Restrop Farm and Brockhurst Wood Check markY   56.5 139.6 SU073866 1992 98
Rotherley Downs Check markY   120.1 296.6 ST946196 1989 99
Roundway Down and Covert Check markY   86.0 212.5 SU000646 1971 100

S

Site name Reason for Designation Area[A] Grid reference[B] Year in which notified Map[C]
Biological Interest Geological Interest Hectares Acres
Salisbury Plain Check markY   19,689.9 48655.7 SU070500 1975 101
Savernake Forest Check markY   904.7 2235.6 SU215665 1971 102
Scratchbury and Cotley Hills Check markY   53.5 132.2 ST915437 1951 103
Seend Cleeve Quarry   Check markY 3.0 7.4 ST933609 1987 104
Seend Ironstone Quarry and Road Cutting   Check markY 1.2 2.9 ST937610 1965 105
Silbury Hill Check markY   2.3 5.6 SU100685 1965 106
Spye Park Check markY   90.3 223.1 SU952674 1951 107
Stanton St. Quintin Quarry and Motorway Cutting   Check markY 2.2 5.4 ST918796 1971 108
Starveall and Stony Down Check markY   22.5 55.7 ST991400 1971 109
Steeple Ashton   Check markY 26.5 65.6 ST914558 1998 110
Steeple Langford Down Check markY   21.8 53.7 SU036387 1971 111
Stert Brook Exposure   Check markY 0.4 1.0 SU017583 1989 112
Stockton Wood and Down Check markY   61.5 151.8 ST958366 1951 113
Stoke Common Meadows Check markY   10.2 25.1 SU064904 1994 114
Stratford Toney Down Check markY   23.1 57.2 SU095246 1987 115
Sutton Lane Meadows Check markY   3.4 8.5 SU946777 1988 116

T - Z

Site name Reason for Designation Area[A] Grid reference[B] Year in which notified Map[C]
Biological Interest Geological Interest Hectares Acres
Teffont Evias Quarry / Lane Cutting   Check markY 3.6 8.9 ST990310 1989 117
Throope Down Check markY   34.4 97.4 SU084246 1971 118
River Till Check markY   32.1 79.2 SU051452 2000 119
Tytherington Down Check markY   5.9 14.6 ST912385 1975 120
Upper Chicksgrove Quarry   Check markY 5.6 13.8 ST962296 1971 121
Upper Waterhay Meadow Check markY   2.8 6.8 SU068937 1971 122
Upton Cow Down Check markY   16.4 40.5 ST875491 1989 123
West Harnham Chalk Pit   Check markY 2.8 6.9 SU128287 1971 124
West Yatton Down Check markY   14.4 36.0 ST852760 1971 125
Westbury Ironstone Quarry   Check markY 0.6 1.4 SU853508 1965 126
Whiteparish Common Check markY   64.5 159.4 SU255233 1965 127
Whitesheet Hill Check markY   136.1 336.3 SU804346 1965 128
Win Green Down Check markY   26.0 64.3 ST927209 1971 129
Winklebury Hill Check markY   63.0 155.5 ST952216 1971 130
Winsley Mines Check markY   1.5 3.7 ST795607 1989 131
Wootton Bassett Mud Spring   Check markY 0.8 2.0 SU078815 1997 132
Wylye and Church Dean Downs Check markY   80.9 200.0 SU002361 1951 133
Yarnbury Castle Check markY   9.1 22.5 SU037403 1951 134

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.[5]
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. ^ "SSSIs in Wiltshire". Natural England. http://www.english-nature.org.uk/special/sssi/searchresults.cfm?sssi_name=&frmcounty=1046. Retrieved on 2007-03-03. 
  3. ^ "County search of SSSIs". Natural England. http://www.english-nature.org.uk/Special/sssi/search.cfm. Retrieved on 2007-03-03. 
  4. ^ English Nature citation sheets for each SSSI. Retrieved on 2007-03-03. (PDF files).
  5. ^ "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 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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