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{{Short description|Site of special scientific interest and national trust property in Berkshire, England}}
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|image=Lardon Chase (27070820362).jpg
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|name=Lardon Chase
|aos=Berkshire
|interest=Biological
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|area={{convert|14.9|ha|acre|abbr=off}}<ref name=dsv/>
|notifydate=1983<ref name=dsv/>
|map=[https://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271003854%27 ''Magic Map'']
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'''Lardon Chase''' is a {{convert|14.9 |ha|acre|abbr=off|adj=on}} biological [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] near [[Streatley, Berkshire|Streatley]] in [[Berkshire]].<ref name=dsv>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003854&SiteName=&countyCode=44&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=|title=Designated Sites View: Lardon Chase | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 20 October 2019}}</ref><ref name=map>{{cite web|url= https://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271003854%27|title=Map of Lardon Chase|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 20 October 2019}}</ref> Bordering [[Oxfordshire]], It is in the [[North Wessex Downs]], which is an [[Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty]], and is part of the [[Lardon Chase, the Holies and Lough Down]] [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]] property.<ref name=lccite>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1003854.pdf |title=Lardon Chase citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 20 October 2019}}</ref>

This sloping site on the [[Berkshire Downs]] is unimproved chalk grassland. Steep areas on thin soils are grazed by rabbits. The site is particularly important for its butterfly species, including [[chalkhill blue]], [[Melanargia galathea|marbled white]] and the rare [[adonis blue]] at its last known locality in the county.<ref name=lccite/>

There is access from Streatley Hill.

==References==
{{commons category|Lardon Chase}}
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{{SSSIs Berks}}
[[Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Berkshire]]

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95.149.9.72 at 08:24, 6 February 2024