Bacombe and Coombe Hills

Bacombe and Coombe Hills
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Ridgeway on Bacombe Hill
Area of Search	Buckinghamshire
Grid reference	SP852068
Interest	Biological
Area	76.4 hectares
Notification	1999
Location map	Magic Map

Bacombe and Coombe Hills is a 76.4 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Upper Bacombe in Buckinghamshire.^[1]^[2] Bacombe Hill was formerly owned by Buckinghamshire County Council, which transferred it to Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust in 2014.^[3]^[4] Coombe Hill is owned by the National Trust.^[5]

The site is in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty^[6] and Bacombe Hill is a Local Nature Reserve.^[7]^[8] The Ridgeway National Trail crosses the site.^[6]

The site is chalk grassland which has a rich variety of species. including the entire British population of fringed gentian, and there are areas of juniper and mixed scrub. Invertebrates include scarce species, such as chalkhill blue and brown argus butterflies.^[1] Bacombe Hill is noted for orchids.^[7]

There is access from Ellesbrough Road.^[6]

References

1 2 "Bacombe and Coombe Hills citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
↑ "Map of Bacombe and Coombe Hills". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
↑ "Officer Executive Decision - Divestment of land at Bacombe Hill to Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust" (PDF). Buckinghamshire County Council. 5 October 2014.
↑ "COMMUNITY WILDLIFE OFFICER (BUCKS)" (PDF). Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
↑ "Chilterns Countryside". National Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
1 2 3 "Bacombe Hill Local Nature Reserve". Chilterns Conservation Board. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
1 2 "Bacombe Hill". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
↑ "Map of Bacombe Hill". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 4 January 2015.

External links

"Bacombe Hill". Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.

Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Buckinghamshire

Biological	Ashridge Commons and Woods Aston Clinton Ragpits Aston Rowant Aston Rowant Woods Bacombe and Coombe Hills Black Park Bradenham Woods, Park Wood and The Coppice Burnham Beeches Buttler's Hangings Dancersend Dancersend Waterworks Ellesborough and Kimble Warrens Fayland Chalk Bank Finemere Wood Foxcote Reservoir and Wood Frieth Meadows Frogmore Meadows Gomm Valley Grangelands and Pulpit Hill Grendon and Doddershall Woods Ham Home-cum-hamgreen Woods Hodgemoor Wood Hollowhill and Pullingshill Woods Homefield Wood Howe Park Wood Ivinghoe Hills Kingcup Meadows and Oldhouse Wood Kings and Bakers Woods and Heaths Littleworth Common Lodge Hill Long Herdon Meadow Mid Colne Valley Millfield Wood Moorend Common Naphill Common Old Rectory Meadows Oxley Mead Pilch Fields Pitstone Hill Poker's Pond Meadow Rodbed Wood Rushbeds Wood and Railway Cutting Shabbington Woods Complex Sheephouse Wood Stoke Common Swain's Wood Temple Island Meadows Tingewick Meadows Tring Reservoirs Turville Hill Weston Turville Reservoir Widdenton Park Wood Windsor Hill Wormsley Chalk Banks Yardley Chase

Geological	Bierton Clay Pit Bolter End Sand Pit Bugle Quarry Fern House Gravel Pit Froghall Brickworks Muswell Hill Pitstone Quarry South Lodge Pit Stone Warren Farm, Stewkley

Local Nature Reserves in Buckinghamshire

Aylesbury Vale	Bacombe Hill Buckingham Sand Pit Coombs Quarry Snakemoor

Chiltern	Captain's Wood

South Bucks	Black Park Holtspur Bank Northmoor Hill Wood

Milton Keynes	Blue Lagoon

Wycombe	Brush Hill Chairborough Road Gomm's Wood Prestwood (Picnic Site) Sands Bank Warren Nature Reserve Whiteleaf Hill

Coordinates: 51°45′12″N 0°46′02″W / 51.7534°N 0.7671°W / 51.7534; -0.7671

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