List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire

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Cleeve Common is designated a biological and geological site

This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Gloucestershire. Natural England, the designating body for SSSIs in England, uses the 1974-1996 county system, and this list follows the same approach. Some sites you may expect to find here could therefore be in the Avon list. It may also be that a site may on the borders of more than one county. It may also be on the country borders.

Natural England chooses a site because of its fauna, flora, geological or physiographical features. As of 2012, there are 121 sites designated in this Area of Search, of which 69 have been designated due to their biological interest, 32 due to their geological interest, and 20 for both.

Gloucestershire has 3 Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty being the Cotswolds, Malvern Hills, and the Wye Valley (the latter is also partly in Wales). These areas may include several SSSIs, or be named an SSSI as is the case for the Malvern Hills.

Gloucestershire has 2 designated Ramsar sites being the Severn Estuary and Walmore Common both SSSIs. These two sites are also designated as Special Protection Areas (SPA) under the EC Directive on the conservation of Wild Birds.

Gloucestershire has 7 recognised Special Areas of Conservation (SAC), several of which bring together more than one SSSI. These are: Cotswold Beechwoods; Dixton Wood; River Wye/ Afon Gwy; Rodborough Common; Severn Estuary; Wye Valley and Forest of Dean Bat Sites/ Safleoedd Ystlumod Dyffryn Gwy a Fforest y Ddena; Wye Valley Woodlands/ Coetiroedd Dyffryn Gwy.

Highbury Wood SSSI and the Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods SSSI are national nature reserves (NNR). Lady Park Wood (part of the wood is in Gloucestershire and part in Monmouthshire) is a national nature reserve.

A significant number of the SSSIs are recognised by the relevant local authorities as Key Wildlife Sites and Regionally Important Geological/Geomorphological Sites. There are c. 800 recognised Key Wildlife Sites in Gloucestershire.

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

Sites

Site name	Reason for designation		Area[A]		Grid reference[B]	Year in which notified	Map[C]
	Biological interest	Geological interest	Hectares	Acres
Alderton Hill Quarry		Green tickY	0.3	0.8		1997	Template:Nature on the map
Ashleworth Ham	Green tickY		104.7	258.8		1974	Template:Nature on the map
Astridge Wood	Green tickY		5.7	14.0		1998	Template:Nature on the map
Badgeworth	Green tickY		3.1	7.6		1954	Template:Nature on the map
Barnsley Warren	Green tickY		61.3	151.0		1954	Template:Nature on the map
Barton Bushes	Green tickY		5.7	14.0		1996	Template:Nature on the map
Bigsweir Woods	Green tickY		48.2	119.0		1984	Template:Nature on the map
Blaisdon Hall	Green tickY		0.1	0.8		1995	Template:Nature on the map
Bourton Down	Green tickY		11.2	27.6		1974	Template:Nature on the map
Box Farm Meadows	Green tickY		8.3	21.0		1985	Template:Nature on the map
Boxwell	Green tickY		5.3	13.2		1954	Template:Nature on the map
Brassey Reserve And Windrush Valley	Green tickY		2.1	5.2		1954	Template:Nature on the map
Brooks Head Grove	Green tickY		11.9	29.4		1986	Template:Nature on the map
Buckshraft Mine & Bradley Hill Railway Tunnel	Green tickY		5.7	14.0		1998	Template:Nature on the map
Bull Cross, The Frith And Juniper Hill	Green tickY	Green tickY	42.3	104.6		1954	Template:Nature on the map
Bushley Muzzard, Brimpsfield	Green tickY		1.1	2.8		1984	Template:Nature on the map
Caerwood And Ashberry Goose House	Green tickY		0.1	0.3	&	1991	Template:Nature on the map
Campden Tunnel Gravel Pit		Green tickY	0.2	0.5		1988	Template:Nature on the map
Chaceley Meadow	Green tickY		1.8	4.4		1954	Template:Nature on the map
Clarke's Pool Meadow	Green tickY		1.8	4.4		1954	Template:Nature on the map
Cleeve Common	Green tickY	Green tickY	455.0	1,124.3		1974	Template:Nature on the map
Coaley Wood Quarries		Green tickY	4.9	12.0		1974	Template:Nature on the map
Cockleford Marsh	Green tickY		3.2	8.0		1991	Template:Nature on the map
Collinpark Wood	Green tickY		66.7	164.8		1966	Template:Nature on the map
Coombe Hill	Green tickY		15.4	38.1		1994	Template:Nature on the map
Coombe Hill Canal	Green tickY		20.2	49.8		1954	Template:Nature on the map
Cotswold Commons And Beechwoods	Green tickY		665.5	1,664.4		1954	Template:Nature on the map
Cotswold Water Park	Green tickY		135.0	330.0	–	1994	Template:Nature on the map
Crickley Hill And Barrow Wake	Green tickY	Green tickY	56.8	140.3		1974	Template:Nature on the map
Daneway Banks	Green tickY		17.0	42.0		1954	Template:Nature on the map
Dean Hall Coach House & Cellar	Green tickY		0.1	0.1		1988	Template:Nature on the map
Devil's Chapel Scowles	Green tickY		44.8	110.9		1998	Template:Nature on the map
Dingle Wood	Green tickY		10.0	24.6		1972	Template:Nature on the map
Dixton Wood	Green tickY		13.0	32.5		2000	Template:Nature on the map
Dymock Woods	Green tickY		53.0	130.0		1990	Template:Nature on the map
Easter Park Farm Quarry		Green tickY	0.2	0.4		1986	Template:Nature on the map
Edge Common	Green tickY		20.5	50.6		1974	Template:Nature on the map
Edgehills Quarry		Green tickY	0.4	1.0		1974	Template:Nature on the map
Elmlea Meadows	Green tickY		6.9	17.1		1989	Template:Nature on the map
Foss Cross Quarry		Green tickY	0.7	1.7		1972	Template:Nature on the map
Frampton Pools	Green tickY		59.9	147.9		1974	Template:Nature on the map
Garden Cliff		Green tickY	5.1	12.6		1954	Template:Nature on the map
Hampen Railway Cutting		Green tickY	3.9	9.6		1974	Template:Nature on the map
Haresfield Beacon		Green tickY	0.7	1.8		1985	Template:Nature on the map
Harford Railway Cutting		Green tickY	1.2	3.0		1974	Template:Nature on the map
Highbury Wood	Green tickY		50.7	123.4		1983	Template:Nature on the map
Hobb's Quarry, Longhope	Green tickY	Green tickY	1.0	2.5		1966	Template:Nature on the map
Hornsleasow Quarry		Green tickY	3.5	9.6		1974	Template:Nature on the map
Hornsleasow Roughs	Green tickY		28.2	69.8		1954	Template:Nature on the map
Hucclecote Meadows	Green tickY		5.7	14.2		1984	Template:Nature on the map
Huntsman's Quarry		Green tickY	1.6	4.0		1974	Template:Nature on the map
Innsworth Meadow	Green tickY		2.2	5.4		1979	Template:Nature on the map
Jackdaw Quarry		Green tickY	4.8	11.8		1985	Template:Nature on the map
Juniper Hill, Edgeworth	Green tickY		11.3	27.8	&	1974	Template:Nature on the map
Kemble Railway Cuttings		Green tickY	2.7	6.7	& &	1996	Template:Nature on the map
Kempley Daffodil Meadow	Green tickY		1.2	3.0		1986	Template:Nature on the map
Kingscote And Horsley Woods	Green tickY		43.8	108.2		1966	Template:Nature on the map
Knap House Quarry, Birdlip		Green tickY	1.8	4.4		1974	Template:Nature on the map
Land Grove Quarry, Mitcheldean		Green tickY	3.8	9.4		1974	Template:Nature on the map
Lark Wood	Green tickY		1.1	2.8		1974	Template:Nature on the map
Leckhampton Hill And Charlton Kings Common	Green tickY	Green tickY	63.8	157.7		1954	Template:Nature on the map
Lineover Wood	Green tickY		20.3	50.2		1986	Template:Nature on the map
Longhope Hill		Green tickY	0.2	0.5		1989	Template:Nature on the map
Lower Wye Gorge	Green tickY	Green tickY	65.0	160.0	&	1954	Template:Nature on the map
Lydney Cliff		Green tickY	8.0	19.7		1990	Template:Nature on the map
May Hill	Green tickY	Green tickY	32.6	80.6		1954	Template:Nature on the map
Meezy Hurst		Green tickY	4.3	10.6		1986	Template:Nature on the map
Minchinhampton Common	Green tickY	Green tickY	182.7	451.4		1972	Template:Nature on the map
Nagshead	Green tickY		120.1	316.6		1972	Template:Nature on the map
New Park Quarry		Green tickY	1.3	3.2		1987	Template:Nature on the map
Nibley Knoll		Green tickY	3.2	7.9		1974	Template:Nature on the map
Notgrove Railway Cutting		Green tickY	1.7	4.2		1974	Template:Nature on the map
Oakenhill Railway Cutting		Green tickY	0.8	2.0		1985	Template:Nature on the map
Old Bow And Old Ham Mines	Green tickY		40.3	99.6		1998	Template:Nature on the map
Old River Severn, Upper Lode	Green tickY		3.7	9.2		1985	Template:Nature on the map
Pennsylvania Fields, Sedbury	Green tickY		27.0	66.8		1985	Template:Nature on the map
Poor's Allotment	Green tickY		28.6	70.6		1954	Template:Nature on the map
Puckham Woods	Green tickY		32.4	80.0		1954	Template:Nature on the map
Puddlebrook Quarry		Green tickY	0.7	1.9		1986	Template:Nature on the map
Purton Passage		Green tickY	4.9	12.1		1966	Template:Nature on the map
Range Farm Fields	Green tickY		12.8	31.6		1996	Template:Nature on the map
River Wye	Green tickY	Green tickY	England: 1,159.6 Wales: 245.2 Total: 1,404.8	England: 2,865.0 Wales: 606.0 Total: 3,471.0	–	1978	Template:Nature on the map
Robin's Wood Hill Quarry		Green tickY	1.7	4.1		1966	Template:Nature on the map
Rodborough Common	Green tickY	Green tickY	116	287		1954	Template:Nature on the map
Rough Bank, Miserden	Green tickY		9.2	22.7		1986	Template:Nature on the map
Salmonsbury Meadows	Green tickY	Green tickY	18.0	44.0		1985	Template:Nature on the map
Scully Grove Quarry		Green tickY	0.4	1.0		1974	Template:Nature on the map
Selsley Common	Green tickY	Green tickY	39.4	97.4		1966	Template:Nature on the map
Severn Estuary	Green tickY	Green tickY	15,950.0	39,410.0		1976	Template:Nature on the map
Severn Ham, Tewkesbury	Green tickY		70.8	175.0		1974	Template:Nature on the map
Shorn Cliff And Caswell Woods	Green tickY		69.2	171.0	&	1986	Template:Nature on the map
Slade Brook	Green tickY	Green tickY	3.6	8.9		2003	Template:Nature on the map
Soudley Ponds	Green tickY		7.0	17.4		1984	Template:Nature on the map
Speech House Oaks	Green tickY		16.3	40.2		1972	Template:Nature on the map
Stenders Quarry	Green tickY	Green tickY	2.8	6.9		1966	Template:Nature on the map
Stinchcombe Hill	Green tickY		28.6	70.7		1966	Template:Nature on the map
Stony Furlong Railway Cutting		Green tickY	2.7	6.7		1987	Template:Nature on the map
Strawberry Banks	Green tickY		5.1	12.5		1993	Template:Nature on the map
Swanpool Wood And Furnace Grove	Green tickY		13.6	33.6		1984	Template:Nature on the map
Swift's Hill	Green tickY	Green tickY	9.2	22.6		1966	Template:Nature on the map
Sylvan House Barn	Green tickY		<0.1	0.1		1995	Template:Nature on the map
The Hudnalls	Green tickY		94.4	233.3	& &	1972	Template:Nature on the map
The Malvern Hills	Green tickY	Green tickY	732.3	1,899.6	–	1954	Template:Nature on the map
Tudor Farm Bank	Green tickY		3.7	9.1		1999	Template:Nature on the map
Turvey's Piece	Green tickY		1.0	2.5		1993	Template:Nature on the map
Upham Meadow And Summer Leasow	Green tickY		104.0	257.0		1991	Template:Nature on the map
Upper Severn Estuary	Green tickY	Green tickY	1,436.8	3,550.4		1954	Template:Nature on the map
Upper Wye Gorge	Green tickY	Green tickY	245.1	605.7		1969	Template:Nature on the map
Veizey's Quarry		Green tickY	1.4	3.5		1974	Template:Nature on the map
Wainlode Cliff		Green tickY	1.3	3.2		1954	Template:Nature on the map
Walmore Common	Green tickY		57.8	142.8	&	1955	Template:Nature on the map
Wellacre Quarry		Green tickY	12.3	30.4		1974	Template:Nature on the map
Westbury Brook Ironstone Mine	Green tickY		15.7	38.8		1998	Template:Nature on the map
Whelford Meadow	Green tickY		1.9	4.6		1985	Template:Nature on the map
Wigpool Ironstone Mine	Green tickY		34.9	95.0		1998	Template:Nature on the map
Wildmoorway Meadows	Green tickY		12.6	31.1		1989	Template:Nature on the map
Winson Meadows	Green tickY		7.9	19.6		1974	Template:Nature on the map
Wood Green Quarry & Railway Cutting		Green tickY	0.3	0.7		1966	Template:Nature on the map
Woodchester Park	Green tickY		214.9	531.0		1966	Template:Nature on the map
Wotton Hill	Green tickY	Green tickY	26.1	64.0		1954	Template:Nature on the map
Yarley Meadows	Green tickY		12.2	30.2		1987	Template:Nature on the map

See also

• Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust
• Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
• Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
• Woodland Trust
• Forestry Commission

Notes

^A Data rounded to one decimal place.

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

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

References

Natural England citation sheets for each SSSI. Retrieved on 18 June 2011 and 10 August 2012

• Alderton Hill Quarry
• Ashleworth Ham
• Astridge Wood
• Badgeworth
• Barnsley Warren
• Barton Bushes
• Bigsweir Woods
• Blaisdon Hall
• Bourton Down
• Box Farm Meadows
• Boxwell
• Brassey Reserve And Windrush Valley
• Brooks Head Grove
• Buckshraft Mine & Bradley Hill Railway Tunnel
• Bull Cross, The Frith And Juniper Hill
• Bushley Muzzard, Brimpsfield
• Caerwood And Ashberry Goose House
• Campden Tunnel Gravel Pit
• Chaceley Meadow
• Clarke's Pool Meadow
• Cleeve Common
• Coaley Wood Quarries
• Cockleford Marsh
• Collinpark Wood
• Coombe Hill
• Coombe Hill Canal
• Cotswold Commons And Beechwoods
• Cotswold Water Park
• Crickley Hill And Barrow Wake
• Daneway Banks
• Dean Hall Coach House & Cellar
• Devil's Chapel Scowles
• Dingle Wood
• Dixton Wood
• Dymock Woods
• Easter Park Farm Quarry
• Edge Common
• Edgehills Quarry
• Elmlea Meadows
• Foss Cross Quarry
• Frampton Pools
• Garden Cliff
• Hampen Railway Cutting
• Haresfield Beacon
• Harford Railway Cutting
• Highbury Wood
• Hobb's Quarry, Longhope
• Hornsleasow Quarry
• Hornsleasow Roughs
• Hucclecote Meadows
• Huntsman's Quarry
• Innsworth Meadow
• Jackdaw Quarry
• Juniper Hill, Edgeworth
• Kemble Railway Cuttings
• Kempley Daffodil Meadow
• Kingscote And Horsley Woods
• Knap House Quarry, Birdlip
• Land Grove Quarry, Mitcheldean
• Lark Wood
• Leckhampton Hill And Charlton Kings Common
• Lineover Wood
• Longhope Hill
• Lower Wye Gorge
• Lydney Cliff
• May Hill
• Meezy Hurst
• Minchinhampton Common
• Nagshead
• New Park Quarry
• Nibley Knoll
• Notgrove Railway Cutting
• Oakenhill Railway Cutting
• Old Bow And Old Ham Mines
• Old River Severn, Upper Lode
• Pennsylvania Fields, Sedbury
• Poor's Allotment
• Puckham Woods
• Puddlebrook Quarry
• Purton Passage
• Range Farm Fields
• River Wye
• Robin's Wood Hill Quarry
• Rodborough Common
• Rough Bank, Miserden
• Salmonsbury Meadows
• Scully Grove Quarry
• Selsley Common
• Severn Estuary
• Severn Ham, Tewkesbury
• Shorn Cliff And Caswell Woods
• Slade Brook
• Soudley Ponds
• Speech House Oaks
• Stenders Quarry
• Stinchcombe Hill
• Stony Furlong Railway Cutting
• Strawberry Banks
• Swanpool Wood And Furnace Grove
• Swift's Hill
• Sylvan House Barn
• The Hudnalls
• The Malvern Hills
• Tudor Farm Bank
• Turvey's Piece
• Upham Meadow And Summer Leasow
• Upper Severn Estuary
• Upper Wye Gorge
• Veizey's Quarry
• Wainlode Cliff
• Walmore Common
• Wellacre Quarry
• Westbury Brook Ironstone Mine
• Whelford Meadow
• Wigpool Ironstone Mine
• Wildmoorway Meadows
• Winson Meadows
• Wood Green Quarry & Railway Cutting
• Woodchester Park
• Wotton Hill
• Yarley Meadows