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] 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] 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 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 Y 4.2 10.4 SU024927 1989 Map River Avon System Y 507.8 1,254.8 SU073583 1996 Map Baverstock Juniper Bank Y 2.6 6.4 SU035336 1971 Map Bencroft Hill Meadows Y 5.1 12.6 SU962732 1988 Map Bentley Wood Y 665.0 1,643.0 SU250295 1985 Map Bincknoll Dip Woods Y 5.7 14.0 SU111796 1971 Map Blackmoor Copse Y 31.3 77.2 SU234292 1971 Map Botley Down Y 12.7 31.4 SU292598 1989 Map Bowerchalke Downs Y 128.6 317.7 SU004218 1971 Map Box Mine Y 56.6 139.8 ST838690 1991 Map Bracknell Croft Y 4.8 11.8 SU180330 1971 Map Bradley Woods Y 48.7 120.3 ST789410 1986 Map Bratton Downs Y Y 395.8 978.0 ST925522 1971 Map Brickworth Down and Dean Hill Y 118.6 293.9 SU246259 1951 Map Brimsdown Hill Y 193.7 478.6 ST821391 1951 Map Britford Water Meadows Y 18.2 45.0 SU166274 1975 Map Burcombe Down Y 47.1 116.4 SU064295 1971 Map Burderop Wood Y 48.5 119.8 SU165810 1971 Map Calstone and Cherhill Downs Y 128.6 317.9 SU047692 1971 Map Camp Down Y 7.3 18.2 SU120338 1965 Map Charnage Down Chalk Pit Y 3.7 9.1 ST837329 1971 Map Chickengrove Bottom Y 9.8 24.3 SU040216 1975 Map Chilmark Quarries Y Y 9.7 23.9 ST974312 1977 Map Chilton Foliat Meadows Y 54.6 134.9 SU315703 1971 Map Clattinger Farm Y 60.3 149.0 SU012933 1971 Map Clearbury Down Y 31.3 77.3 SU152240 1971 Map Cley Hill Y 26.6 65.7 ST838449 1975 Map Cloatley Manor Farm Meadows Y 12.1 29.9 ST981910 1997 Map Clout's Wood Y 11.8 29.1 SU137796 1951 Map Coate Water Y 51.1 126.4 SU188820 1971 Map Cockey Down Y 15.2 37.6 SU170317 1971 Map Colerne Park and Monk's Wood Y 53.7 132.6 ST838725 1951 Map The Coombes, Hinton Parva Y 15.9 39.2 SU228826 1989 Map Corsham Railway Cutting Y 6.6 16.4 ST862695 1971 Map Cotswold Water Park Y 135.0 337 SU100960 1994 Map Cranborne Chase Y 451.4 1,115.4 ST970180 1975 Map Dank's Down and Truckle Hill Y 13.1 32.4 ST834758 1990 Map Dead Maid Quarry Y 0.4 1.1 ST803324 1951 Map Dinton Quarry Y 0.3 0.7 SU006308 1990 Map Dinton Railway Cutting Y 0.3 0.7 SU008309 1990 Map Distillery Farm Meadows Y 18.7 46.2 SU032898 1988 Map East Harnham Meadows Y 17.3 42.7 SU151289 1995 Map Ebsbury Down Y 53.4 132.0 SU054352 1975 Map Emmett Hill Meadows Y 5.1 12.6 SU009901 1987 Map Figsbury Ring Y 11.2 27.7 SU188338 1975 Map Fonthill Grottoes Y 0.7 1.7 ST935315 1994 Map Fyfield Down Y Y 325.3 803.8 SU136709 1951 Map Gallows Hill Y 27.8 68.7 ST952244 1965 Map Goldborough Farm Meadows Y 10.3 25.5 SU086800 Map Great Cheverell Hill Y 33.2 82.1 ST966520 1971 Map Great Quarry, Swindon Y 1.0 2.5 SU151836 1951 Map Great Yews Y 29.3 72.3 SU120231 1951 Map Gripwood Quarry Y 2.9 7.0 ST822603 1951 Map Gutch Common Y 35.1 86.8 ST896259 1951 Map Ham Hill Y 1.5 3.8 SU333617 1971 Map Hang Wood Y 20.3 50.2 ST861319 1986 Map Harries Ground, Rodbourne Y 6.9 17.0 ST930823 2003 Map Haydon Meadow Y 6.4 15.8 SU120890 1999 Map Heath Hill Farm Y 20.7 51.2 ST757336 1997 Map Homington and Coombe Bissett Downs Y 25.0 61.8 SU104245 1971 Map Honeybrook Farm Y 42.4 104.8 ST841730 1992 Map Inwood, Warleigh Y 56.9 140.5 ST800633 1988 Map Jones's Mill Y 11.6 28.7 SU168613 1975 Map Kellaways – West Tytherton, River Avon Y 4.1 10.1 ST945750 1998 Map River Kennet Y 112.7 278.5 SU203692 1995 Map Kennet and Lambourn Floodplain Y 22.9 56.9 SU316705 1996 Map King's Play Hill Y 29.5 72.9 SU006658 1971 Map Knapp and Barnett's Downs Y 71.4 176.4 SU030266 1971 Map Knighton Downs and Wood Y 203.7 503.5 SU048237 1971 Map Lady Down Quarry Y 0.2 0.6 ST961307 1990 Map Landford Bog Y 11.6 28.7 SU259185 1987 Map Landford Heath Y 11.8 29.0 SU265178 1994 Map Langley Wood and Homan's Copse Y 219.3 541.9 SU230206 1985 Map Little Grubbins Meadow Y 3.0 7.3 ST831773 1975 Map Long Knoll Y 34.2 84.5 ST794376 1971 Map Loosehanger Copse and Meadows Y 56.3 139.0 SU215195 1992 Map Lower Coombe and Ferne Brook Meadows Y 11.3 28.0 ST916236 2002 Map Lower Woodford Water Meadows Y 23.9 58.9 SU124347 1971 Map Midford Valley Woods Y 24.6 60.8 ST769611 1975 Map Morgan's Hill Y 12.6 31.1 SU028672 1951 Map The New Forest Y Y 28,947.4 71,529.0 SU298081 1959 Map North Meadow, Cricklade Y 24.6 109.7 SU094946 1971 Map Odstock Down Y 12.1 29.9 SU139250 1975 Map Okus Quarry Y 0.3 0.6 SU147836 1951 Map Old Town Railway Cutting, Swindon Y 1.8 4.4 SU153832 1975 Map Out Woods Y 14.3 35.4 ST833763 1975 Map Parsonage Down Y 188.6 466.1 SU050412 1971 Map Pewsey Downs Y 305.3 754.4 SU113636 1951 Map Picket and Clanger Wood Y 66.4 164.1 ST975543 1989 Map Piggledene Y Y 4.7 11.6 SU141689 1965 Map Pike Corner Y 15.2 37.6 SU036934 1986 Map Pincombe Down Y 23.8 58.8 ST966217 1971 Map Porton Down Y 1,561.8 3,859.4 SU240365 1977 Map Porton Meadows Y 17.6 43.6 SU185362 1988 Map Prescombe Down Y 76.2 188.3 ST985255 1951 Map Rack Hill Y 10.6 26.1 ST842762 1975 Map Ravensroost Wood Y 43.7 107.9 SU022882 1989 Map Restrop Farm and Brockhurst Wood Y 56.5 139.6 SU073866 1992 Map Rotherley Downs Y 120.1 296.6 ST946196 1989 Map Roundway Down and Covert Y 86.0 212.5 SU000646 1971 Map Salisbury Plain Y 19,689.9 48,655.7 SU070500 1975 Map Savernake Forest Y 904.7 2,235.6 SU215665 1971 Map Scratchbury and Cotley Hills Y 53.5 132.2 ST915437 1951 Map Seend Cleeve Quarry Y 3.0 7.4 ST933609 1987 Map Seend Ironstone Quarry and Road Cutting Y 1.2 2.9 ST937610 1965 Map Silbury Hill Y 2.3 5.6 SU100685 1965 Map Spye Park Y 90.3 223.1 ST952674 1951 Map Stanton St. Quintin Quarry and Motorway Cutting Y 2.2 5.4 ST918796 1971 Map Starveall and Stony Down Y 22.5 55.7 ST991400 1971 Map Steeple Ashton Y 26.5 65.6 ST914558 1998 Map Steeple Langford Down Y 21.8 53.7 SU036387 1971 Map Stert Brook Exposure Y 0.4 1.0 SU017583 1989 Map Stockton Wood and Down Y 61.5 151.8 ST958366 1951 Map Stoke Common Meadows Y 10.2 25.1 SU064904 1994 Map Stratford Toney Down Y 23.1 57.2 SU095246 1987 Map Sutton Lane Meadows Y 3.4 8.5 ST946777 1988 Map Teffont Evias Quarry / Lane Cutting Y 3.6 8.9 ST990310 1989 Map Throope Down Y 34.4 97.4 SU084246 1971 Map River Till Y 32.1 79.2 SU051452 2000 Map Tytherington Down Y 5.9 14.6 ST912385 1975 Map Upper Chicksgrove Quarry Y 5.6 13.8 ST962296 1971 Map Upper Waterhay Meadow Y 2.8 6.8 SU068937 1971 Map Upton Cow Down Y 16.4 40.5 ST875491 1989 Map West Harnham Chalk Pit Y 2.8 6.9 SU128287 1971 Map West Yatton Down Y 14.4 36.0 ST852760 1971 Map Westbury Ironstone Quarry Y 0.6 1.4 ST853508 1965 Map Whiteparish Common Y 64.5 159.4 SU255233 1965 Map Whitesheet Hill Y 136.1 336.3 ST804346 1965 Map Win Green Down Y 26.0 64.3 ST927209 1971 Map Winklebury Hill Y 63.0 155.5 ST952216 1971 Map Winsley Mines Y 1.5 3.7 ST795607 1989 Map Wootton Bassett Mud Spring Y 0.8 2.0 SU078815 1997 Map Wylye and Church Dean Downs Y 80.9 200.0 SU002361 1951 Map Yarnbury Castle Y 9.1 22.5 SU037403 1951 Map
Notes A B British national grid reference system , also known as OSGB36 , and is the system used by the Ordnance Survey .[ 5] C MAGIC map service provided by Defra .
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