List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire

__NOTOC__ <onlyinclude> The following is a list of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom. In England the body responsible for designating SSSIs is Natural England, which chooses a site because of its fauna, flora, geological or physiographical features. As of 2006, there are 134 sites designated in this Area of Search, of which the vast majority, 108, have been designated due to their biological interest, with just 21 due to their geological interest (and 5 for both).

Natural England took over the role of designating and managing SSSIs from English Nature in October 2006 when it was formed from the amalgamation of English Nature, parts of the Countryside Agency and the Rural Development Service. Natural England, like its predecessor, uses the 1974–1996 county system and as such the same approach is followed here, rather than adopting the current local government or ceremonial county boundaries. The data in the table is taken from English Nature's website in the form of citation sheets for each SSSI.English Nature citation sheets for each SSSI. Retrieved 2007-03-03. (PDF files).

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

Sites

Site name Reason for designation Area Grid reference Year in which notified Map Biological interest Geological interest Hectares Acres Acres Farm Meadow4.210.41989 River Avon System507.81,254.81996 Baverstock Juniper Bank2.66.41971 Bencroft Hill Meadows5.112.61988 Bentley Wood665.01,643.01985 Bincknoll Dip Woods5.714.01971 |}</onlyinclude> Blackmoor Copse31.377.21971 Botley Down12.731.41989 Bowerchalke Downs128.6317.71971 Box Mine56.6139.81991 Bracknell Croft4.811.81971 Bradley Woods48.7120.31986 Bratton Downs395.8978.01971 Brickworth Down and Dean Hill118.6293.91951 Brimsdown Hill193.7478.61951 Britford Water Meadows18.245.01975 Burcombe Down47.1116.41971 Burderop Wood48.5119.81971 Calstone and Cherhill Downs128.6317.91971 Camp Down7.318.21965 Charnage Down Chalk Pit3.79.11971 Chickengrove Bottom9.824.31975 Chilmark Quarries9.723.91977 Chilton Foliat Meadows54.6134.91971 Clattinger Farm60.3149.01971 Clearbury Down31.377.31971 Cley Hill26.665.71975 Cloatley Manor Farm Meadows12.129.91997 Clout's Wood11.829.11951 Coate Water51.1126.41971 Cockey Down15.237.61971 Colerne Park and Monk's Wood53.7132.61951 The Coombes, Hinton Parva15.939.21989 Corsham Railway Cutting6.616.41971 Cotswold Water Park135.03371994 Cranborne Chase451.41,115.41975 Dank's Down and Truckle Hill13.132.41990 Dead Maid Quarry0.41.11951 Dinton Quarry0.30.71990 Dinton Railway Cutting0.30.71990 Distillery Farm Meadows18.746.21988 East Harnham Meadows17.342.71995 Ebsbury Down53.4132.01975 Emmett Hill Meadows5.112.61987 Figsbury Ring11.227.71975 Fonthill Grottoes0.71.71994 Fyfield Down325.3803.81951 Gallows Hill27.868.71965 Goldborough Farm Meadows10.325.5 Great Cheverell Hill33.282.11971 Great Quarry, Swindon1.02.51951 Great Yews29.372.31951 Gripwood Quarry2.97.01951 Gutch Common35.186.81951 Ham Hill1.53.81971 Hang Wood20.350.21986 Harries Ground, Rodbourne6.917.02003 Haydon Meadow6.415.81999 Heath Hill Farm20.751.21997 Homington and Coombe Bissett Downs25.061.81971 Honeybrook Farm42.4104.81992 Inwood, Warleigh56.9140.51988 Jones's Mill11.628.71975 Kellaways – West Tytherton, River Avon4.110.11998 River Kennet112.7278.51995 Kennet and Lambourn Floodplain22.956.91996 King's Play Hill29.572.91971 Knapp and Barnett's Downs71.4176.41971 Knighton Downs and Wood203.7503.51971 Lady Down Quarry0.20.61990 Landford Bog11.628.71987 Landford Heath11.829.01994 Langley Wood and Homan's Copse219.3541.91985 Little Grubbins Meadow3.07.31975 Long Knoll34.284.51971 Loosehanger Copse and Meadows56.3139.01992 Lower Coombe and Ferne Brook Meadows11.328.02002 Lower Woodford Water Meadows23.958.91971 Midford Valley Woods24.660.81975 Morgan's Hill12.631.11951 The New Forest28,947.471,529.01959 North Meadow, Cricklade24.6109.71971 Odstock Down12.129.91975 Okus Quarry0.30.61951 Old Town Railway Cutting, Swindon1.84.41975 Out Woods14.335.41975 Parsonage Down188.6466.11971 Pewsey Downs305.3754.41951 Picket and Clanger Wood66.4164.11989 Piggledene4.711.61965 Pike Corner15.237.61986 Pincombe Down23.858.81971 Porton Down1,561.83,859.41977 Porton Meadows17.643.61988 Prescombe Down76.2188.31951 Rack Hill10.626.11975 Ravensroost Wood43.7107.91989 Restrop Farm and Brockhurst Wood56.5139.61992 Rotherley Downs120.1296.61989 Roundway Down and Covert86.0212.51971 Salisbury Plain19,689.948,655.71975 Savernake Forest904.72,235.61971 Scratchbury and Cotley Hills53.5132.21951 Seend Cleeve Quarry3.07.41987 Seend Ironstone Quarry and Road Cutting1.22.91965 Silbury Hill2.35.61965 Spye Park90.3223.11951 Stanton St. Quintin Quarry and Motorway Cutting2.25.41971 Starveall and Stony Down22.555.71971 Steeple Ashton26.565.61998 Steeple Langford Down21.853.71971 Stert Brook Exposure0.41.01989 Stockton Wood and Down61.5151.81951 Stoke Common Meadows10.225.11994 Stratford Toney Down23.157.21987 Sutton Lane Meadows3.48.51988 Teffont Evias Quarry / Lane Cutting3.68.91989 Throope Down34.497.41971 River Till32.179.22000 Tytherington Down5.914.61975 Upper Chicksgrove Quarry5.613.81971 Upper Waterhay Meadow2.86.81971 Upton Cow Down16.440.51989 West Harnham Chalk Pit2.86.91971 West Yatton Down14.436.01971 Westbury Ironstone Quarry0.61.41965 Whiteparish Common64.5159.41965 Whitesheet Hill136.1336.31965 Win Green Down26.064.31971 Winklebury Hill63.0155.51971 Winsley Mines1.53.71989 Wootton Bassett Mud Spring0.82.01997 Wylye and Church Dean Downs80.9200.01951 Yarnbury Castle9.122.51951

Notes Data rounded to one decimal place. Grid reference is based on the British national grid reference system, also known as OSGB36, and is the system used by the Ordnance Survey. Link to maps using the MAGIC map service provided by Defra.

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