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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

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Site name Reason for designation Area Grid reference Year in which notified Map
Biological interest Geological interest Hectares Acres
Alderton Hill Quarry YesY 0.3 0.8 SP006345 1997 Map
Ashleworth Ham YesY 104.7 258.8 SO833263 1974 Map
Astridge Wood YesY 5.7 14.0 SO547088 1998 Map
Badgeworth YesY 3.1 7.6 SO911206 1954 Map
Barnsley Warren YesY 61.3 151.0 SP055064 1954 Map
Barton Bushes YesY 5.7 14.0 SP110259 1996 Map
Bigsweir Woods YesY 48.2 119.0 SO546060 1984 Map
Blaisdon Hall YesY 0.1 0.8 SO698170 1995 Map
Bourton Down YesY 11.2 27.6 SP142313 1974 Map
Box Farm Meadows YesY 8.3 21.0 ST865997 1985 Map
Boxwell YesY 5.3 13.2 ST816928 1954 Map
Brassey Reserve And Windrush Valley YesY 2.1 5.2 SP139223 1954 Map
Brooks Head Grove YesY 11.9 29.4 SO586145 1986 Map
Buckshraft Mine & Bradley Hill Railway Tunnel YesY 5.7 14.0 SO655123 1998 Map
Bull Cross, The Frith And Juniper Hill YesY YesY 42.3 104.6 SO872083 1954 Map
Bushley Muzzard, Brimpsfield YesY 1.1 2.8 SO944133 1984 Map
Caerwood And Ashberry Goose House YesY 0.1 0.3 ST54719655& ST54649657 1991 Map
Campden Tunnel Gravel Pit YesY 0.2 0.5 SP161408 1988 Map
Chaceley Meadow YesY 1.8 4.4 SO857306 1954 Map
Clarke's Pool Meadow YesY 1.8 4.4 SO668061 1954 Map
Cleeve Common YesY YesY 455.0 1,124.3 SO990260 1974 Map
Coaley Wood Quarries YesY 4.9 12.0 ST786996 1974 Map
Cockleford Marsh YesY 3.2 8.0 SO977133 1991 Map
Collinpark Wood YesY 66.7 164.8 SO750278 1966 Map
Coombe Hill YesY 15.4 38.1 ST765942 1994 Map
Coombe Hill Canal YesY 20.2 49.8 SO887272 1954 Map
Cotswold Commons And Beechwoods YesY 665.5 1,664.4 SO900130 1954 Map
Cotswold Water Park YesY 135.0 330.0 SU0093SU2099 1994 Map
Crickley Hill And Barrow Wake YesY YesY 56.8 140.3 SO929161 1974 Map
Daneway Banks YesY 17.0 42.0 SO937034 1954 Map
Dean Hall Coach House & Cellar YesY 0.1 0.1 SO672130 1988 Map
Devil's Chapel Scowles YesY 44.8 110.9 SO606045 1998 Map
Dingle Wood YesY 10.0 24.6 SO562115 1972 Map
Dixton Wood YesY 13.0 32.5 SO979313 2000 Map
Dymock Woods YesY 53.0 130.0 SO684288 1990 Map
Easter Park Farm Quarry YesY 0.2 0.4 SO810009 1986 Map
Edge Common YesY 20.5 50.6 SO847092 1974 Map
Edgehills Quarry YesY 0.4 1.0 SO660167 1974 Map
Elmlea Meadows YesY 6.9 17.1 SU079948 1989 Map
Foss Cross Quarry YesY 0.7 1.7 SP056092 1972 Map
Frampton Pools YesY 59.9 147.9 SO753073 1974 Map
Garden Cliff YesY 5.1 12.6 SO718128 1954 Map
Hampen Railway Cutting YesY 3.9 9.6 SP062205 1974 Map
Haresfield Beacon YesY 0.7 1.8 SO819088 1985 Map
Harford Railway Cutting YesY 1.2 3.0 SP135218 1974 Map
Highbury Wood YesY 50.7 123.4 SO540086 1983 Map
Hobb's Quarry, Longhope YesY YesY 1.0 2.5 SO695195 1966 Map
Hornsleasow Quarry YesY 3.5 9.6 SP131322 1974 Map
Hornsleasow Roughs YesY 28.2 69.8 SP117323 1954 Map
Hucclecote Meadows YesY 5.7 14.2 SO872163 1984 Map
Huntsman's Quarry YesY 1.6 4.0 SP125259 1974 Map
Innsworth Meadow YesY 2.2 5.4 SO851216 1979 Map
Jackdaw Quarry YesY 4.8 11.8 SP077309 1985 Map
Juniper Hill, Edgeworth YesY 11.3 27.8 SO928058 & SO928064 1974 Map
Kemble Railway Cuttings YesY 2.7 6.7 ST975976 & ST985973 & ST982989 1996 Map
Kempley Daffodil Meadow YesY 1.2 3.0 SO676301 1986 Map
Kingscote And Horsley Woods YesY 43.8 108.2 ST831971 1966 Map
Knap House Quarry, Birdlip YesY 1.8 4.4 SO925147 1974 Map
Land Grove Quarry, Mitcheldean YesY 3.8 9.4 SO672185 1974 Map
Lark Wood YesY 1.1 2.8 SP104262 1974 Map
Leckhampton Hill And Charlton Kings Common YesY YesY 63.8 157.7 SO952187 1954 Map
Lineover Wood YesY 20.3 50.2 SO987187 1986 Map
Longhope Hill YesY 0.2 0.5 SO693185 1989 Map
Lower Wye Gorge YesY YesY 65.0 160.0 ST548983 & ST537967 1954 Map
Lydney Cliff YesY 8.0 19.7 SO654020 1990 Map
May Hill YesY YesY 32.6 80.6 SO695214 1954 Map
Meezy Hurst YesY 4.3 10.6 SO638089 1986 Map
Minchinhampton Common YesY YesY 182.7 451.4 SO855010 1972 Map
Nagshead YesY 120.1 316.6 SO608090 1972 Map
New Park Quarry YesY 1.3 3.2 SP175282 1987 Map
Nibley Knoll YesY 3.2 7.9 ST744956 1974 Map
Notgrove Railway Cutting YesY 1.7 4.2 SP086209 1974 Map
Oakenhill Railway Cutting YesY 0.8 2.0 SO630069 1985 Map
Old Bow And Old Ham Mines YesY 40.3 99.6 SO579088 1998 Map
Old River Severn, Upper Lode YesY 3.7 9.2 SO880331 1985 Map
Pennsylvania Fields, Sedbury YesY 27.0 66.8 ST542929 1985 Map
Poor's Allotment YesY 28.6 70.6 ST560990 1954 Map
Puckham Woods YesY 32.4 80.0 SP010224 1954 Map
Puddlebrook Quarry YesY 0.7 1.9 SO646183 1986 Map
Purton Passage YesY 4.9 12.1 SO687045 1966 Map
Range Farm Fields YesY 12.8 31.6 SO850130 1996 Map
River Wye YesY YesY England: 1,159.6
Wales: 245.2
Total: 1,404.8
England: 2,865.0
Wales: 606.0
Total: 3,471.0
ST544912SO230429 1978 Map
Robin's Wood Hill Quarry YesY 1.7 4.1 SO836148 1966 Map
Rodborough Common YesY YesY 116 287 SO851035 1954 Map
Rough Bank, Miserden YesY 9.2 22.7 SO907087 1986 Map
Salmonsbury Meadows YesY YesY 18.0 44.0 SP178213 1985 Map
Scully Grove Quarry YesY 0.4 1.0 SO657186 1974 Map
Selsley Common YesY YesY 39.4 97.4 SO829030 1966 Map
Severn Estuary YesY YesY 15,950.0 39,410.0 ST480830 1976 Map
Severn Ham, Tewkesbury YesY 70.8 175.0 SO885325 1974 Map
Shorn Cliff And Caswell Woods YesY 69.2 171.0 SO540005 & SO540990 1986 Map
Slade Brook YesY YesY 3.6 8.9 SO564055 2003 Map
Soudley Ponds YesY 7.0 17.4 SO662112 1984 Map
Speech House Oaks YesY 16.3 40.2 SO622123 1972 Map
Stenders Quarry YesY YesY 2.8 6.9 SO659183 1966 Map
Stinchcombe Hill YesY 28.6 70.7 ST740983 1966 Map
Stony Furlong Railway Cutting YesY 2.7 6.7 SP063106 1987 Map
Strawberry Banks YesY 5.1 12.5 SO910033 1993 Map
Swanpool Wood And Furnace Grove YesY 13.6 33.6 SO541107 1984 Map
Swift's Hill YesY YesY 9.2 22.6 SO877067 1966 Map
Sylvan House Barn YesY <0.1 0.1 SO534023 1995 Map
The Hudnalls YesY 94.4 233.3 SO533030 & SO540042 & SO545046 1972 Map
The Malvern Hills YesY YesY 732.3 1,899.6 SO766472SO758350 1954 Map
Tudor Farm Bank YesY 3.7 9.1 SO573081 1999 Map
Turvey's Piece YesY 1.0 2.5 SO882301 1993 Map
Upham Meadow And Summer Leasow YesY 104.0 257.0 SO917375 1991 Map
Upper Severn Estuary YesY YesY 1,436.8 3,550.4 SO720060 1954 Map
Upper Wye Gorge YesY YesY 245.1 605.7 SO560155 1969 Map
Veizey's Quarry YesY 1.4 3.5 ST881944 1974 Map
Wainlode Cliff YesY 1.3 3.2 SO845257 1954 Map
Walmore Common YesY 57.8 142.8 SO740162 & SO745150 1955 Map
Wellacre Quarry YesY 12.3 30.4 SP180370 1974 Map
Westbury Brook Ironstone Mine YesY 15.7 38.8 SO662166 1998 Map
Whelford Meadow YesY 1.9 4.6 SP168000 1985 Map
Wigpool Ironstone Mine YesY 34.9 95.0 SO654197 1998 Map
Wildmoorway Meadows YesY 12.6 31.1 SU066973 1989 Map
Winson Meadows YesY 7.9 19.6 SP093081 1974 Map
Wood Green Quarry & Railway Cutting YesY 0.3 0.7 SO694166 1966 Map
Woodchester Park YesY 214.9 531.0 SO820014 1966 Map
Wotton Hill YesY YesY 26.1 64.0 ST753942 1954 Map
Yarley Meadows YesY 12.2 30.2 ST757888 1987 Map

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