List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Oxfordshire
Sites

List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Oxfordshire

Section Title: Sites
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Site name	Reason for designation	Area	Grid reference	Year in which notified	Map	Location

Biological interest	Geological interest	Hectares	Acres

Alvescot Meadows	2.7	6.7	SP273050 & SP278049	1992	Map	Alvescot

Appleton Lower Common	43.3	117.0	SP425007	1986	Map	Appleton

Ardley Cutting and Quarry	40.1	99.1	SP540269	1988	Map	Ardley

Ardley Trackways	63.6	157.1	SP540248	2010	Map	Ardley

Arncott Bridge Meadows	8.7	21.4	SP608185	1985	Map	Arncott

Ashdown Park	9.2	22.7	SU285820	1986	Map	Lambourn

Aston Rowant	128.5	317.5	SU728972	1988	Map	Aston Rowant

Aston Rowant Cutting	4.0	9.8	SU728965 to SU737965	1986	Map	Aston Rowant

Aston Rowant Woods	209.7	518	SU750984	1986	Map	Aston Rowant

Aston Upthorpe Downs	38.7	95.7	SU545834 & SU536835	1984	Map	Cholsey

Barrow Farm Fen	6.6	16.3	SU468975	1986	Map	Abingdon

Bear, Oveys and Great Bottom Woods	58.6	144.8	SU693840 & SU703830	1986	Map	Henley-on-Thames

Berins Hill Bank	1.8	4.4	SU654852	1986	Map	Cholsey

Berrick Trench	2.0	5.0	SU705882	1988	Map	Henley-on-Thames

Bestmoor	12.4	30.6	SP493297	1990	Map	Deddington

Bix Bottom	103.0	245.5	SU715880	1986	Map	Henley-on-Thames

Blenheim Park	225.2	556.6	SP435167	1986	Map	Woodstock

Bould Wood	58.7	145.0	SP253205	1986	Map	Bruern

Brasenose Wood and Shotover Hill	109.5	270.6	SP567058	1986	Map	Oxford

Buckland Warren	0.03	0.07	SU333963	1993	Map	Buckland

Cassington Meadows	7.0	17.4	SP463101	1993	Map	Cassington

Chimney Meadows	49.7	122.8	SP352000	1986	Map	Buckland

Chinnor Chalk Pit	66.1	163.3	SU755998	1986	Map	Chinnor

Chinnor Hill	27.3	67.4	SP766007	1986	Map	Chinnor

Cothill Fen	43.6	107.6	SU456993 – SP468013	1993	Map	Abingdon

Culham Brake	1.4	3.5	SU508964	1985	Map	Abingdon

Cumnor	0.2	0.5	SP46040325 & SP46180324	1990	Map	Cumnor

Ditchley Road Quarry	12.2	30.2	SP370200	1986	Map	Charlbury

Dry Sandford Pit	4	10	SU467995	1986	Map	Abingdon

Ducklington Mead	5.6	13.8	SP363077	1986	Map	Witney

Fernham Meadows	21.9	54.1	SU294907	1990	Map	Faringdon

Frilford Heath, Ponds and Fens	110.2	272.4	SU442985	1986	Map	Abingdon

Glyme Valley	28.4	70.3	SP340259	1988	Map	Chipping Norton

Grafton Lock Meadow	11.1	27.4	SU273991	1986	Map	Faringdon

Hackpen, Warren & Gramp's Hill Downs	72.9	180.1	SU355845	1986	Map	Letcombe Bassett

Harpsden Wood	25.8	63.8	SU761804	1990	Map	Henley-on-Thames

Hartslock	42.2	104.2	SU619793	1986	Map	Goring-on-Thames

Highlands Farm Pit	0.6	1.4	SU744813	1986	Map	Henley-on-Thames

Holly Court Bank	4.6	11.4	SP387152	1986	Map	Woodstock

Holly Wood	24.2	60.2	SP588100	1986	Map	Beckley

Holton Wood	49.5	122.3	SP603080	1984	Map	Oxford

Hook Meadow and The Trap Grounds	11.3	27.9	SP496092 to SP502087	1986	Map	Oxford

Hook Norton Cutting & Banks	6.8	16.7	SP360320	1986	Map	Chipping Norton

Horsehay Quarries	8.2	20.6	SP456273 & SP456276	1987	Map	Steeple Aston

Hurst Hill	20.6	51.0	SP477043	1986	Map	Cumnor

Iffley Meadows	36.2	89.5	SP524038	1986	Map	Oxford

Kirtlington Quarry	3.3	8.2	SP494199	1986	Map	Kirtlington

Knightsbridge Lane	1.7	4.3	SU683969	1987	Map	Watlington

Lamb and Flag Quarry	0.2	0.4	SU380974	1986	Map	Southmoor

Lambridge Wood	73.8	182.3	SU734845	1984	Map	Henley-on-Thames

Langley's Lane Meadow	3.5	8.6	SP391015	1985	Map	Standlake

Little Tew Meadows	40.0	98.0	SP377281	1995	Map	Chipping Norton

Little Wittenham	68.8	169.9	SU571929	2000	Map	Wallingford

Littlemore Railway Cutting	0.5	1.3	SP532028	1986	Map	Oxford

Littleworth Brick Pit	1.2	3.9	SP588054	1987	Map	Wheatley

Long Hanborough Gravel Pit	4.3	10.6	SP419137	1986	Map	Long Hanborough

Lye Valley	2.5	6.3	SP548052 & SP547058	1987	Map	Oxford

Lyehill Quarry	3.0	7.5	SP592068	1986	Map	Wheatley

Magdalen Grove	0.4	1.0	SP520065	1991	Map	Oxford

Magdalen Quarry	0.4	1.0	SP552071	1986	Map	Oxford

Middle Barton Fen	11.3	27.9	SP443263	1990	Map	Westcott Barton

Moulsford Downs	11.3	28.0	SU578827	1986	Map	Moulsford

Murcott Meadows	22.8	56.3	SP593139	1986	Map	Oxford

Neithrop Fields Cutting	1.5	3.8	SP593139	1986	Map	Banbury

New Marston Meadows	44.4	109.7	SP520076	1993	Map	Oxford

Otmoor	211.6	522.9	SP575130	1988	Map	Beckley

Out Wood	19.2	47.5	SP408208	1986	Map	Charlbury

Pishill Woods	42.2	104.1	SU715901 & SU713905	1984	Map	Watlington

Pixey and Yarnton Meads	85.6	211.5	SP480105	1986	Map	Oxford

Port Meadow With Wolvercote Common & Green	166.7	411.9	SP495083	1986	Map	Oxford

Priest's Hill	1.0	2.6	SU700872	1986	Map	Nettlebed

Reed Hill	14.0	34.5	SP380173	1987	Map	Charlbury

Rock Edge	1.8	4.5	SP550064	1986	Map	Oxford

Rushy Meadows	8.7	21.6	SP481143	1985	Map	Kidlington

Salt Way, Ditchley	2.1	5.2	SP384195	1988	Map	Charlbury

Sarsgrove Wood	41.5	102.5	SP305243	1985	Map	Chipping Norton

Sharp's Hill Quarry	2.4	5.8	SP338359	1986	Map	Hook Norton

Sheep's Banks	5.1	12.5	SP443210	1986	Map	Woodstock

Shellingford Crossroads Quarry	2.6	6.4	SU326942	1986	Map	Faringdon

Shipton-on-Cherwell & Whitehill Farm Quarries	27.7	68.3	SP474176 & SP478186	1986	Map	Woodstock

Shirburn Hill	64.5	159.5	SU715955	1986	Map	Watlington

Sidling's Copse and College Pond	22.2	54.9	SP555095	1986	Map	Oxford

Spartum Fen	8.0	19.7	SP654016	1986	Map	Thame

Stanton Great Wood	57.5	142.2	SP588093	1987	Map	Oxford

Stanton Harcourt	0.7	1.7	SP414051	1990	Map	Stanton Harcourt

Stonesfield Common, Bottoms & Banks	27.5	67.8	SP392166	1989	Map	Woodstock

Stonesfield Slate Mines	0.8	1.9	SP392172 & SP388168 & SP379173 & SP387171	1986	Map	Woodstock

Stratton Audley Quarries	8.7	21.5	SP60052545 & SP602250	1986	Map	Bicester

Sturt Copse	5.3	12.9	SP400150	1987	Map	Woodstock

Sugworth	0.6	1.4	SP513008	1986	Map	Abingdon

Swyncombe Downs	46.4	115.1	SU672915	1984	Map	Wallingford

Taynton Quarries	41.1	101.6	SP235150	1988	Map	Burford

Tuckmill Meadows	6.1	15.1	SU240900	1988	Map	Watchfield

Warren Bank	3.1	7.5	SU653857	1986	Map	Wallingford

Waterperry Wood	140.2	346.4	SP605090	1986	Map	Oxford

Watlington and Pyrton Hills	110.9	273.9	SU705936	1986	Map	Watlington

Wendlebury Meads and Mansmoor Closes	73.2	180.9	SP562175	1986	Map	Bicester

Weston Fen	13.0	32.1	SP526194	1986	Map	Bicester

Westwell Gorse	2.4	5.8	SP219113	1994	Map	Burford

Whitecross Green and Oriel Woods	64.1	158.4	SP603144	1985	Map	Beckley

Whitehill Wood	3.4	8.4	SP391155	1986	Map	Woodstock

White Horse Hill	103.2	254.9	SU302868	1986	Map	Uffington

Wicklesham and Coxwell Pits	12.8	31.6	SU285942 & SU289941 & SU292942	1986	Map	Faringdon

Wolvercote Meadows	9.2	22.7	SP484096	1986	Map	Oxford

Woodeaton Quarry	6.4	15.8	SP533123	1986	Map	Beckley

Woodeaton Wood	14.1	34.9	SP450112	1986	Map	Beckley

Worsham Lane	0.5	1.3	SP308096	1986	Map	Witney

Wychwood	530.5	1,310.9	SP332158	1988	Map	Charlbury

Wytham Ditches and Flushes	5.7	14.0	SP465098	1986	Map	Oxford

Wytham Woods	426.5	1,053.8	SP462083	1986	Map	Oxford

Sentence(s)

Moulsford Downs is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

final_sentence: Moulsford Downs is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.