Turville Hill

Turville Hill
Site of Special Scientific Interest

Area of Search	Buckinghamshire
Grid reference	SU802905
Interest	Biological
Area	22.4 hectares
Notification	1984
Location map	Magic Map

Turville Hill is a 22.4 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Turville in Buckinghamshire. It is in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Cobstone Windmill, also known as Turville Windmill, is located at the top.^[1]^[2]

This is a steeply sloping hill, which is a fine example of grazed chalk grassland in the southern Buckinghamshire Chilterns. There is a wide variety of plants, some of which provide food for the larvae of important butterflies on the site. Two butterflies are rare, the silver spotted skipper and the Adonis blue. Another rare invertebrate is the orange clearwing moth.^[1]

There are footpaths across the hill from Turville, but the windmill is private property.

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References

1 2 "Turville Hill citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
↑ "Map of Turville Hill". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 October 2015.

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Coordinates: 51°36′57″N 0°53′24″W / 51.615727°N 0.89001°W / 51.615727; -0.89001

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