List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Berkshire

The following is a list of Sites of Special Scientific Interest
Site of Special Scientific Interest
A Site of Special Scientific Interest is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. SSSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations in Great Britain are based upon...

(SSSIs) in Berkshire
Berkshire
Berkshire is a historic county in the South of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1957, and...

, England

England

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, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

. In England the body responsible for designating SSSIs is Natural England

Natural England

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, which chooses a site because of its fauna

Fauna

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, flora

Plant

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, geological

Geology

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or physiographical features.

A–B

Site name	Reason for Designation		Area		Grid reference	Year in which notified	Map
Site name	Biological Interest	Geological Interest	Hectares	Acres	Grid reference	Year in which notified	Map
Aldermaston Gravel Pits Aldermaston Gravel Pits Aldermaston Gravel Pits is a 23.41 hectare Site of Special Scientific Interest in the civil parish of Aldermaston in the English county of Berkshire, notified in 1955....			23.4	57.8		1955	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1002776,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Ashridge Wood Ashridge Wood Ashridge Wood is a 15.6ha biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Beedon and Compton in West Berkshire District, Berkshire, UK . It is within the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The wood is a surviving section of a once larger ancient coppiced woodland,...			15.6	38.5		1954	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1002795,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Avery's Pightle Avery's Pightle Avery's Pightle is a 1.3 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Enborne in Berkshire, notified in 1985.-Source:* -External links:*...			1.3	3.2		1985	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1002813,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Bisham Woods Bisham Woods Bisham Woods are a series of woods between Bisham Abbey and Cookham Dean in Berkshire. They include an 83.7ha biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, notified in 1970, with a claim to be "the richest ancient woods in Berkshire"....			83.67	206.75		1970	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1002835,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Blackwater Valley River Blackwater (River Loddon) The River Blackwater is a tributary of the River Loddon in England and, indirectly, of the River Thames. It rises at Rowhill on the outskirts of Aldershot between Aldershot in Hampshire and Farnham in Surrey and runs northwards to join the Loddon near the village of Swallowfield in Berkshire...			35.0	86.6		1987	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1003263,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Bowdown and Chamberhouse Woods Bowdown and Chamberhouse Woods Bowdown and Chamberhouse Woods is a 66.8 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Crookham in Berkshire, notified in 1983. It is an area of ancient woodland lying on the scarp slope north of Greenham Common, close to the eastern edge of Newbury.54.5ha of the woodland is the...			66.8	165.1		1983	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1003103,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Boxford Chalk Pit Boxford Chalk Pit Boxford Chalk Pit is a 0.4 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Boxford in Berkshire, notified in 1970.-Source:* -External links:*...			0.4	1.1		1970	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1002871,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Boxford Water Meadows Boxford Water Meadows Boxford Water Meadows is a 14.0 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Boxford in Berkshire, notified in 1986.-Source:* -External links:*...			14.0	34.6		1986	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1001463,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Bray Meadows Bray Meadows Bray Meadows is a 6.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Bray Wick in Berkshire, notified in 1998.-Source:* -External links:*...			6.6	16.1		1998	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=2000299,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Bray Pennyroyal Field Bray Pennyroyal Field Bray Pennyroyal Field is a 3.4 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Water Oakley in Berkshire, notified in 1991.-Source:* -External links:*...			3.4	8.5		1991	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1006011,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Briff Lane Meadows Briff Lane Meadows Briff Lane Meadows is a 8.7 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Bucklebury Common in Berkshire, notified in 1986.-Source:* -External links:*...			8.7	21.5		1986	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1002602,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Brimpton Pit Brimpton Pit Brimpton Pit is a 1.6 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Brimpton in Berkshire, notified in 1984.-Source:* -External links:*...			1.6	5.1		1984	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1002880,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL
Broadmoor to Bagshot Woods and Heaths Swinley Forest Swinley Forest is a large expanse of English Crown Estate woodland mainly within the civil parishes of Windlesham in Surrey and Winkfield and Crowthorne in Berkshire.-Coverage:...			4193.4	1697.0		1973	http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1004223,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL

C–H

Site name	Reason for Designation		Area		Grid reference	Year in which notified	Map
Site name	Biological Interest	Geological Interest	Hectares	Acres	Grid reference	Year in which notified	Map
Cannoncourt Farm Pit
Catmore and Winterly Copses
Chawridge Bourne
Chilton Foliat Meadows Chilton Foliat Meadows Chilton Foliat Meadows is a 54.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the civil parish of Chilton Foliat in the English county of Wiltshire. It was notified in 1971 and is split across Berkshire and Wiltshire.-Source:...
Cleeve Hill
Cock Marsh Cock Marsh Cock Marsh is an area of flat water meadows and steep chalk hillsides near Cookham village and civil parish in the north-eastern corner of Berkshire in England, on the River Thames. It covers and has been common land used for grazing since 1272. It was bought by local villagers and given to the ...
Cold Ash Quarry
Combe Wood and Linkenholt Hanging
Coombe Wood, Frilsham
Croker's Hole
Decoy Pit, Pools and Woods Decoy Pit, Pools and Woods Decoy Pit, Pools and Woods is a 20.27 hectare Site of Special Scientific Interest at Aldermaston Wharf in the civil parish of Aldermaston in the English county of Berkshire, notified in 1993....
Easton Farm Meadow
Enborne Copse
Englemere Pond
Fognam Chalk Quarry
Freeman's Marsh Freeman's Marsh Freeman's Marsh is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the civil parish of Hungerford in the English county of Berkshire.Located at , the site consists of unimproved meadows, marsh and reedbed. It is an important site for overwintering, migratory and breeding birds and supports many varieties...
Great Thrift Wood
Greenham and Crookham Commons
Hamstead Marshall Pit
Heath Lake
Hog's Hole
Holies Down

I–S

Site name	Reason for Designation		Area		Grid reference	Year in which notified	Map
Site name	Biological Interest	Geological Interest	Hectares	Acres	Grid reference	Year in which notified	Map
Inkpen and Walbury Hill Walbury Hill Walbury Hill is the highest point in the traditional county of Berkshire in the UK at above sea level. It is also the highest point in the South East of England, West Berkshire being a constituent part of the South East of England... s
Inkpen Common Inkpen Common Inkpen Common is a hamlet and common in the English county of Berkshire, within the civil parish of Inkpen.The settlement lies south of the A4 road and approximately south-east of Hungerford....
Inkpen Crocus Fields
Irish Hill Copse Irish Hill Copse Irish Hill Copse is a 16 hectare Site of Special Scientific Interest in the civil parish of Hamstead Marshall in the English county of Berkshire, notified in 1984....
Kennet and Lambourn Floodplain Kennet and Lambourn Floodplain The Kennet and Lambourn Floodplain is a 22.9 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Berkshire and Wiltshire, notified in 1996. It comprises seven separate small areas, four in the Kennet Valley and three in the Lambourn Valley...
Kennet Valley Alderwoods Kennet Valley Alderwoods Kennet Valley Alderwoods is a 56.8 hectare Site of Special Scientific Interest in the civil parishes of Welford and Speen in the English county of Berkshire, notified in 1997....
King's Copse
Lardon Chase
Lodge Wood and Sandford Mill
Longmoor Bog
Old Copse, Beenham
Parkfarm Down
Pincent's Kiln
Redhill Wood
River Kennet River Kennet The Kennet is a river in the south of England, and a tributary of the River Thames. The lower reaches of the river are navigable to river craft and are known as the Kennet Navigation, which, together with the Avon Navigation, the Kennet and Avon Canal and the Thames, links the cities of Bristol...
River Lambourn River Lambourn The River Lambourn is a chalk stream in the English county of Berkshire. It rises in the Berkshire Downs near its namesake village of Lambourn and is a tributary of the River Kennet, which is itself a tributary of the River Thames.-Perennial River:...
Sandhurst to Owlsmoor Bogs and Heaths
Seven Barrows Seven Barrows thumb\|300px\|right\|A view of four of the barrowsSeven Barrows, situated just North of Lambourn, Berkshire, England, is a site of a Bronze Age cemetery. Excavators have found that one grave alone contained the cremated remains of 100 individuals dating from 2200 BC. The site lies along the Lambourn...
Snelsmore Common Snelsmore Common Snelsmore Common is a common and country park in the English county of Berkshire, within the civil parish of Chieveley.It lies near to the M4 and A34 roads, and is located approximately north of Newbury. It consists of lowland heathland of heather, gorse, wet bog and small trees and broadleaved...
Stanford End Mill and River Loddon River Loddon The River Loddon is a river in the English counties of Berkshire and Hampshire. It is a tributary of the River Thames, rising within the urban area of Basingstoke and flowing to meet the Thames near the village of Wargrave...
Streatley Warren
Sulham and Tidmarsh Woods and Meadows Sulham and Tidmarsh Woods and Meadows Sulham Woods is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Berkshire, England near the villages of Purley-on-Thames, Tilehurst, Sulham, and Tidmarsh....
Swinley Park and Brick Pits

T–Z

Site name	Reason for Designation		Area		Grid reference	Year in which notified	Map
Site name	Biological Interest	Geological Interest	Hectares	Acres	Grid reference	Year in which notified	Map
Thatcham Reed Beds Thatcham Reed Beds Thatcham Reed Beds is a 66.9 hectare Site of Special Scientific Interest in the civil parish of Thatcham in the English county of Berkshire, notified in 1974....
Wasing Wood Ponds
Wellington College Bog Wellington College, Berkshire -Former pupils:Notable former pupils include historian P. J. Marshall, architect Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, impressionist Rory Bremner, Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge, author Sebastian Faulks, language school pioneer John Haycraft, political journalist Robin Oakley, actor Sir Christopher...
West Woodhay Down
West's Meadow, Aldermaston
Westfield Farm Chalk Bank
White Shute
Windsor Forest and Great Park Windsor Great Park Windsor Great Park is a large deer park of , to the south of the town of Windsor on the border of Berkshire and Surrey in England. The park was, for many centuries, the private hunting ground of Windsor Castle and dates primarily from the mid-13th century...
Winterbourne Chalk Pit
Woolhampton Reed Bed Woolhampton Reed Bed Woolhampton Reed Bed is a 5.77 hectare Site of Special Scientific Interest in the civil parish of Woolhampton in the English county of Berkshire. The site was officially notified in 1985....
Wraysbury & Hythe End Gravel Pits
Wraysbury No 1 Gravel Pit
Wykery Copse

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