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 .
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
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 MAGIC map service provided by Defra .
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