List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Berkshire

Windsor Forest and Great Park.

In England the body responsible for designating Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) is Natural England, which chooses a site because of its fauna, flora, geological or physiographical features.^[1]

As of 2012 there were 71 SSSIs within Berkshire, of which 8 are listed for their geological interest and 63 for their biological interest.^[2]

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

Sites

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Site name	Reason for designation^[A]		Area^[B]		Coordinates & Grid ref^[C]	Year in which notified	Other designations	Map^[D]
	Biological interest	Geological interest	Hectares	Acres
Aldermaston Gravel Pits			24.4	60.3	51°23′49″N 1°08′42″W / 51.397°N 1.145°W     SU596668	1955		Map  [3]
Ashridge Wood			15.9	39.3	51°30′04″N 1°16′59″W / 51.501°N 1.283°W     SU499782	1954		Map  [4]
Avery's Pightle			1.3	3.2	51°22′59″N 1°22′34″W / 51.383°N 1.376°W     SU435651	1985	WT	Map  [5]
Bisham Woods			86.5	213.7	51°33′25″N 0°45′54″W / 51.557°N 0.765°W     SU857850	1970	LNR, SAC	Map  [6]
Blackwater Valley			33.9	83.8	51°20′10″N 0°46′59″W / 51.336°N 0.783°W     SU849604	1987	WT	Map  [7]
Bowdown and Chamberhouse Woods			67.9	167.8	51°23′06″N 1°16′12″W / 51.385°N 1.27°W     SU509654	1983	WT	Map  [8]
Boxford Chalk Pit			0.4	1.1	51°26′38″N 1°22′59″W / 51.444°N 1.383°W     SU430719	1970	GCR	Map  [9]
Boxford Water Meadows			13.9	34.2	51°26′38″N 1°23′10″W / 51.444°N 1.386°W     SU428719	1986	SAC	Map  [10]
Bray Meadows			6.7	16.6	51°30′43″N 0°42′32″W / 51.512°N 0.709°W     SU897800	1998		Map  [11]
Bray Pennyroyal Field			3.5	8.6	51°29′42″N 0°40′59″W / 51.495°N 0.683°W     SU915782	1991		Map  [12]
Briff Lane Meadows			8.9	21.9	51°25′41″N 1°13′12″W / 51.428°N 1.22°W     SU543702	1986		Map  [13]
Brimpton Pit			1.6	3.9	51°22′52″N 1°11′24″W / 51.381°N 1.19°W     SU565650	1984	GCR	Map  [14]
Broadmoor to Bagshot Woods and Heaths			1,696.3	4,191.7	51°22′08″N 0°44′10″W / 51.369°N 0.736°W     SU881641	1973	WT, SPA	Map  [15]
Cannoncourt Farm Pit			0.3	0.8	51°32′20″N 0°44′13″W / 51.539°N 0.737°W     SU877830	1987	GCR	Map  [16]
Catmore and Winterly Copses			25	61.9	51°23′24″N 1°27′54″W / 51.39°N 1.465°W     SU373658	1984		Map  [17]
Chawridge Bourne			9.3	23	51°27′07″N 0°42′47″W / 51.452°N 0.713°W     SU895733	1984	WT	Map  [18]
Chilton Foliat Meadows			55.3	136.6	51°25′52″N 1°33′18″W / 51.431°N 1.555°W     SU310703	1989	AONB, SAC	Map  [19]
Cleeve Hill			4.7	11.7	51°29′10″N 1°31′23″W / 51.486°N 1.523°W     SU332765	1983		Map  [20]
Cock Marsh			18.3	45.3	51°34′16″N 0°43′37″W / 51.571°N 0.727°W     SU883866	1983	NT	Map  [21]
Cold Ash Quarry			0.4	1.1	51°26′20″N 1°16′55″W / 51.439°N 1.282°W     SU500714	1984	GCR	Map  [22]
Combe Wood and Linkenholt Hanging			106.5	263.1	51°19′59″N 1°29′20″W / 51.333°N 1.489°W     SU357595	1987		Map  [23]
Coombe Wood, Frilsham			19.2	47.4	51°27′32″N 1°13′01″W / 51.459°N 1.217°W     SU545736	1985		Map  [24]
Croker's Hole			4.4	11	51°32′06″N 1°32′10″W / 51.535°N 1.536°W     SU323819	1991		Map  [25]
Decoy Pit, Pools and Woods			17.7	43.8	51°21′54″N 1°07′26″W / 51.365°N 1.124°W     SU611632	1993	WT	Map  [26]
Easton Farm Meadow			1.7	4.1	51°26′46″N 1°24′00″W / 51.446°N 1.4°W     SU418721	1985		Map  [27]
Enborne Copse			12	29.5	51°23′28″N 1°22′44″W / 51.391°N 1.379°W     SU433660	1985	NCR	Map  [28]
Englemere Pond			26	64.1	51°24′29″N 0°42′00″W / 51.408°N 0.7°W     SU905685	1983	Crown Estate, LNR	Map  [29]
Fognam Chalk Quarry			3	7.4	51°31′01″N 1°34′30″W / 51.517°N 1.575°W     SU296799	1985	GCR	Map  [30]
Freeman's Marsh			26.1	64.4	51°24′58″N 1°31′30″W / 51.416°N 1.525°W     SU331687	1986	WT	Map  [31]
Great Thrift Wood			14.2	35.1	51°29′42″N 0°44′49″W / 51.495°N 0.747°W     SU871781	1984		Map  [32]
Greenham and Crookham Commons			280.5	693.1	51°22′59″N 1°18′14″W / 51.383°N 1.304°W     SU485651	1994		Map  [33]
Hamstead Marshall Pit			0.2	0.5	51°23′35″N 1°24′22″W / 51.393°N 1.406°W     SU414662	1985	GCR	Map  [34]
Heath Lake			6	14.7	51°22′48″N 0°48′43″W / 51.38°N 0.812°W     SU828652	1989	LNR	Map  [35]
Hog's Hole			23.7	58.4	51°20′02″N 1°27′32″W / 51.334°N 1.459°W     SU378596	1988		Map  [36]
Holies Down			5.6	13.9	51°30′50″N 1°08′49″W / 51.514°N 1.147°W     SU593798	1988	NT	Map  [37]
Inkpen and Walbury Hill			86.8	214.6	51°21′32″N 1°29′20″W / 51.359°N 1.489°W     SU357623	1983	SAM	Map  [38]
Inkpen Common			12.8	31.5	51°22′30″N 1°27′14″W / 51.375°N 1.454°W     SU381641	1983	WT	Map  [39]
Inkpen Crocus Fields			3.1	7.7	51°22′23″N 1°28′16″W / 51.373°N 1.471°W     SU369639	1986	WT	Map  [40]
Irish Hill Copse			15.9	39.4	51°24′00″N 1°25′08″W / 51.4°N 1.419°W     SU405669	1984		Map  [41]
Kennet and Lambourn Floodplain			23	56.9	51°24′58″N 1°30′25″W / 51.416°N 1.507°W     SU344687	1996	NCR, SAC	Map  [42]
Kennet Valley Alderwoods			57.7	142.7	51°24′18″N 1°25′44″W / 51.405°N 1.429°W     SU398675	1997	SAC	Map  [43]
King's Copse			13.7	33.9	51°25′52″N 1°10′23″W / 51.431°N 1.173°W     SU576705	1985		Map  [44]
Lardon Chase			14.7	36.3	51°31′23″N 1°09′18″W / 51.523°N 1.155°W     SU587808	1983	NT	Map  [45]
Lodge Wood and Sandford Mill			2.3	5.7	51°27′22″N 0°52′12″W / 51.456°N 0.87°W     SU786736	1985	WT	Map  [46]
Longmoor Bog			14	34.7	51°22′48″N 0°52′41″W / 51.38°N 0.878°W     SU782652	1986	LNR	Map  [47]
Old Copse, Beenham			8	19.7	51°24′43″N 1°09′22″W / 51.412°N 1.156°W     SU588684	1984		Map  [48]
Parkfarm Down			3.3	8.2	51°32′28″N 1°34′19″W / 51.541°N 1.572°W     SU298825	1982		Map  [49]
Pincent's Kiln			0.2	0.5	51°26′28″N 1°03′58″W / 51.441°N 1.066°W     SU650718	1985	GCR	Map  [50]
Redhill Wood			29.1	71.8	51°22′44″N 1°23′46″W / 51.379°N 1.396°W     SU421646	1985		Map  [51]
River Kennet			111.6	275.6	51°24′50″N 1°30′18″W / 51.414°N 1.505°W     SU345685	1995		Map  [52]
River Lambourn			28.8	71.2	51°27′25″N 1°25′05″W / 51.457°N 1.418°W     SU405733	1995	SAC	Map  [53]
Sandhurst to Owlsmoor Bogs and Heaths			85.8	212	51°21′25″N 0°47′20″W / 51.357°N 0.789°W     SU844627	1983	LNR, SPA	Map  [54]
Seven Barrows			3.8	9.3	51°32′35″N 1°31′37″W / 51.543°N 1.527°W     SU329828	1987	WT	Map  [55]
Snelsmore Common			104	257	51°25′59″N 1°20′28″W / 51.433°N 1.341°W     SU459707	1989		Map  [56]
Stanford End Mill and River Loddon			11.8	29.2	51°22′30″N 0°58′48″W / 51.375°N 0.98°W     SU711645	1987		Map  [57]
Streatley Warren			31.3	77.2	51°31′23″N 1°12′22″W / 51.523°N 1.206°W     SU552808	1988		Map  [58]
Sulham and Tidmarsh Woods and Meadows			75.8	187.2	51°27′32″N 1°04′48″W / 51.459°N 1.08°W     SU640737	1986	WT	Map  [59]
Swinley Park and Brick Pits			89	219.9	51°23′53″N 0°43′05″W / 51.398°N 0.718°W     SU893673	1983	Crown Estate	Map  [60]
Thatcham Reed Beds			67.3	166.4	51°23′35″N 1°16′12″W / 51.393°N 1.27°W     SU509663	2002	LNR, SAC	Map  [61]
Wasing Wood Ponds			13.4	33.1	51°22′05″N 1°10′16″W / 51.368°N 1.171°W     SU578635	1984		Map  [62]
Wellington College Bog			6.2	15.4	51°21′25″N 0°48′25″W / 51.357°N 0.807°W     SU832627	1986	LNR	Map  [63]
West Woodhay Down			1.3	3.3	51°21′11″N 1°26′49″W / 51.353°N 1.447°W     SU386617	1985		Map  [64]
West's Meadow, Aldermaston			1.2	2.9	51°21′32″N 1°08′38″W / 51.359°N 1.144°W     SU597626	1986		Map  [65]
Westfield Farm Chalk Bank			14.1	34.8	51°28′59″N 1°29′31″W / 51.483°N 1.492°W     SU354761	1990		Map  [66]
White Shute			1.9	4.8	51°29′31″N 1°31′34″W / 51.492°N 1.526°W     SU330771	1987	WT	Map  [67]
Windsor Forest and Great Park			1,778.8	4,395.4	51°26′02″N 0°37′48″W / 51.434°N 0.63°W     SU953715	2000	Crown Estate, NCR, SAC	Map  [68]
Winterbourne Chalk Pit			0.1	0.1	51°26′49″N 1°21′29″W / 51.447°N 1.358°W     SU447722	1983	GCR	Map  [69]
Woolhampton Reed Bed			6.2	15.2	51°23′46″N 1°10′19″W / 51.396°N 1.172°W     SU577666	1985		Map  [70]
Wraysbury & Hythe End Gravel Pits			117.2	289.6	51°27′18″N 0°32′35″W / 51.455°N 0.543°W     TQ013739	1992	SPA, Ramsar site	Map  [71]
Wraysbury No 1 Gravel Pit			57.7	142.6	51°27′47″N 0°33′22″W / 51.463°N 0.556°W     TQ004748	1999	SPA, Ramsar site	Map  [72]
Wykery Copse			3.2	7.9	51°24′36″N 0°46′44″W / 51.41°N 0.779°W     SU850686	1984		Map  [73]

Notes

^A Reason for designation; either for the site's biological interest, or its geological interest.

^B Data rounded to one decimal place.

^C Grid reference is based on the British national grid reference system, also known as OSGB36, and is the system used by the Ordnance Survey.^[74]

^D Link to maps using the Nature on the Map service provided by Natural England.

References

1. "Notification of SSSIs". Natural England. Retrieved 2007-03-03.
2. Natural England SSSI County Level Reports and Statistics Accessed 17 August 2012
3. "Aldermaston Gravel Pits" (PDF).
4. "Ashridge Wood" (PDF).
5. "Avery's Pightle" (PDF).
6. "Bisham Woods" (PDF).
7. "Blackwater Valley" (PDF).
8. "Bowdown and Chamberhouse Woods" (PDF).
9. "Boxford Chalk Pit" (PDF).
10. "Boxford Water Meadows" (PDF).
11. "Bray Meadows" (PDF).
12. "Bray Pennyroyal Field" (PDF).
13. "Briff Lane Meadows" (PDF).
14. "Brimpton Pit" (PDF).
15. "Broadmoor To Bagshot Woods and Heaths" (PDF).
16. "Cannoncourt Farm Pit" (PDF).
17. "Catmore and Winterly Copses" (PDF).
18. "Chawridge Bourne" (PDF).
19. "Chilton Foliat Meadows" (PDF).
20. "Cleeve Hill" (PDF).
21. "Cock Marsh" (PDF).
22. "Cold Ash Quarry" (PDF).
23. "Combe Wood and Linkenholt Hanging" (PDF).
24. "Coombe Wood, Frilsham" (PDF).
25. "Croker's Hole" (PDF).
26. "Decoy Pit , Pools & Woods" (PDF).
27. "Easton Farm Meadow" (PDF).
28. "Enborne Copse" (PDF).
29. "Englemere Pond" (PDF).
30. "Fognam Chalk Quarry" (PDF).
31. "Freeman's Marsh" (PDF).
32. "Great Thrift Wood" (PDF).
33. "Greenham and Crookham Commons" (PDF).
34. "Hamstead Marshall Pit" (PDF).
35. "Heath Lake" (PDF).
36. "Hog's Hole" (PDF).
37. "Holies Down" (PDF).
38. "Inkpen and Walbury Hills" (PDF).
39. "Inkpen Common" (PDF).
40. "Inkpen Crocus Fields" (PDF).
41. "Irish Hill Copse" (PDF).
42. "Kennet and Lambourn Floodplain" (PDF).
43. "Kennet Valley Alderwoods" (PDF).
44. "King's Copse" (PDF).
45. "Lardon Chase" (PDF).
46. "Lodge Wood & Sandford Mill" (PDF).
47. "Longmoor Bog" (PDF).
48. "Old Copse, Beenham" (PDF).
49. "Parkfarm Down" (PDF).
50. "Pincent's Kiln" (PDF).
51. "Redhill Wood" (PDF).
52. "River Kennet" (PDF).
53. "River Lambourn" (PDF).
54. "Sandhurst To Owlsmoor Bogs and Heaths" (PDF).
55. "Seven Barrows" (PDF).
56. "Snelsmore Common" (PDF).
57. "Stanford End Mill and River Loddon" (PDF).
58. "Streatley Warren" (PDF).
59. "Sulham and Tidmarsh Woods and Meadows" (PDF).
60. "Swinley Park and Brick Pits" (PDF).
61. "Thatcham Reed Beds" (PDF).
62. "Wasing Wood Ponds" (PDF).
63. "Wellington College Bog" (PDF).
64. "West Woodhay Down" (PDF).
65. "West's Meadow, Aldermaston" (PDF).
66. "Westfield Farm Chalk Bank" (PDF).
67. "White Shute" (PDF).
68. "Windsor Forest and Great Park" (PDF).
69. "Winterbourne Chalk Pit" (PDF).
70. "Woolhampton Reed Bed" (PDF).
71. "Wraysbury & Hythe End Gravel Pits" (PDF).
72. "Wraysbury No 1 Gravel Pit" (PDF).
73. "Wykery Copse" (PDF).
74. "Guide to National Grid". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 2007-03-03.

External links

• Natural England Reports and Statistics data for Berkshire