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Adding local short description: "Nature reserve in Bedfordshire, England", overriding Wikidata description "nature reserve in Bedfordshire, England, UK"

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{{Short description|Nature reserve in Bedfordshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox SSSI
|image=Fir Trees on heathland - geograph.org.uk - 629499.jpg
|name=Cooper's Hill
|aos=[[Bedfordshire]]
|interest=Biological
|gridref={{gbmappingsmall|TL028376}}
|area=18.1 hectares
|notifydate=1984
|map=[http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271000484%27 ''Magic Map'']
}}
'''Cooper's Hill''' is an {{convert|18.1|hectare|acre|adj=on}} biological [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] in [[Ampthill]] in [[Bedfordshire]]. It was notified under Section 28 of the [[Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981]] in 1984, and the planning authority is [[Central Bedfordshire Council]].<ref name=citation>{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000484.pdf|title=Cooper's Hill citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate=24 August 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071404/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000484.pdf|archivedate=4 March 2016}}</ref><ref name=map>{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271000484%27|title=Map of Cooper's Hill|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 24 August 2015}}</ref> A smaller area of 12.7 hectares is also a [[Local Nature Reserve]],<ref name=LNR>{{cite web|url=http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=2&N=&ID=110|title=Coopers Hill - Bedfordshire SSSI|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England|date=18 February 2013|accessdate=24 August 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061600/http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=2&N=&ID=110|archivedate=4 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=lnrIndex&query=REF_CODE%3D%271008848%27|title=Map of Coopers Hill - Bedfordshire SSSI|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England| accessdate= 24 August 2015}}</ref> Part of the site is managed by the [[Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire]].<ref name=WT>{{cite web|url=http://www.wildlifebcn.org/reserves/coopers-hill|title=Cooper's Hill|publisher=Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire|accessdate= 24 August 2015}}</ref>

The site is described by [[Natural England]] as the best surviving example in Bedfordshire of heathland on the thin acidic soils of the [[Lower Greensand Group|Lower Greensand Ridge]]. It also has areas of marsh and woodland.<ref name=citation/>

There is access from Alameda Road and Station Road.<ref name=LNR/>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.wildlifebcn.org/ Wildlife Trust of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire website]

{{SSSIs Bedfordshire}}
{{Local Nature Reserves in Bedfordshire}}
{{Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire}}
{{Coord| 52.027| -0.503 |type:landmark|display=title}}

[[Category:Local Nature Reserves in Bedfordshire]]
[[Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Bedfordshire]]
[[Category:Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire reserves]]

Cooper's Hill, Bedfordshire - Revision history

imported>Entranced98: Adding local short description: "Nature reserve in Bedfordshire, England", overriding Wikidata description "nature reserve in Bedfordshire, England, UK"