West Woodhay Down
51°21′11″N 1°26′49″W / 51.353°N 1.447°W / 51.353; -1.447
West Woodhay Down is a 1.5-hectare (3.7-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Berkshire and Hampshire. It is lowland Calcareous grassland with a northwest facing bank, and forms part of the northern slopes of Walbury Hill and Combe Hill. The site was formerly included as part of Inkpen and Walbury Hills SSSI.[1][2][3][4][5]
West Woodhay Down is in the civil parishes of West Woodhay and East Woodhay, to the south-west of the town of Newbury. West Woodhay parish is within the unitary authority area of West Berkshire and the ceremonial county of Berkshire, whilst East Woodhay is within the district of Basingstoke and Deane in the administrative county of Hampshire.[1][5]
Flora
The site has the following Flora:[4]
- Bromus erectus
- Blackstonia perfoliata
- Leontodon autumnalis
- Linum catharticum
- Galium cruciata
- Asperula cynanchica
- Primula veris
- Scabiosa columbaria
- Reseda lutea
- Sanguisorba minor
- Gymnadenia conopsea
- Anacamptis pyramidalis
- Helianthemum nummularium
- Centaurea scabiosa
- Campanula rotundifolia
- Listera ovata
- Herminium monorchis
- Coeloglossum viride
- Polygala calcarea
- Saxifraga granulata
- Crataegus
- Whitebeam
- Crataegus monogyna
References
- ^ a b c d e "Designated Sites View: West Woodhay Down". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original on 7 June 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ "Map of West Woodhay Down". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ "Condition of SSSI Units for Site West Woodhay Down SSSI". Natural england. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ a b "SITE NAME: WEST WOODHAY DOWN" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ a b Explorer 158: Newbury & Hungerford (Map). Ordnance Survey. ISBN 9780319243510.
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- Ashridge Wood
- Avery's Pightle
- Bisham Woods
- Blackwater Valley
- Bowdown and Chamberhouse Woods
- Boxford Water Meadows
- Bray Meadows
- Bray Pennyroyal Field
- Briff Lane Meadows
- Broadmoor to Bagshot Woods and Heaths
- Catmore and Winterly Copses
- Chawridge Bourne
- Cleeve Hill
- Cock Marsh
- Combe Wood and Linkenholt Hanging
- Coombe Wood, Frilsham
- Croker's Hole
- Decoy Pit, Pools and Woods
- Easton Farm Meadow
- Enborne Copse
- Englemere Pond
- Freeman's Marsh
- Great Thrift Wood
- Greenham and Crookham Commons
- Heath Lake
- Hog's Hole
- Holies Down
- Inkpen and Walbury Hills
- Inkpen Common
- Inkpen Crocus Field
- Irish Hill Copse
- Kennet and Lambourn Floodplain
- Kennet Valley Alderwoods
- King's Copse
- Lardon Chase
- Lodge Wood and Sandford Mill
- Longmoor Bog
- Old Copse, Beenham
- Park Farm Down
- Redhill Wood
- River Kennet
- River Lambourn
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- Seven Barrows
- Snelsmore Common
- Stanford End Mill and River Loddon
- Streatley Warren
- Sulham and Tidmarsh Woods and Meadows
- Swinley Park and Brick Pits
- Thatcham Reed Beds
- Wasing Wood Ponds
- Wellington College Bog
- West Woodhay Down
- West's Meadow, Aldermaston
- Westfield Farm Chalk Bank
- White Shute
- Windsor Forest and Great Park
- Woolhampton Reed Bed
- Wraysbury and Hythe End Gravel Pits
- Wraysbury No 1 Gravel Pit
- Wykery Copse