Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Avon: List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Avon, Chew Valley Lake, Severn Estuary

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Avon, Chew Valley Lake, Severn Estuary, Blagdon Lake, Combe Down and Bathampton Down Mines, Ashton Court, Burledge Hill, Banwell Caves, Folly Farm, Somerset, Harptree Combe, Iford Manor, Brown's Folly, Compton Martin Ochre Mine, Ellenborough Park, Weston-super-mare, Horseshoe Bend, Shirehampton, Plaster's Green Meadows, Cleeve Wood, Hanham, Cleaves Wood, Newton St Loe SSSI, Aust Cliff, Writhlington SSSI, Dundry Main Road South Quarry, Banwell Ochre Caves, Barns Batch Spinney, Bodkin Hazel Wood, Lower Woods, Court Hill, Clevedon Shore, Bourne SSSI, Avon, Slickstones Quarry, Cromhall, Congrove Field and The Tumps, Weston-in-Gordano SSSI, Midger, Long Dole Wood and Meadows SSSI, Spring Cove Cliffs, Hawkesbury Quarry, Hartcliff Rocks Quarry, Stidham Farm, Holly Lane SSSI, Buckover Road Cutting, Huish Colliery Quarry, Ham Green SSSI, Hampton Rocks Cutting, Hinton Charterhouse Field, North Road Quarry, Bath, Hinton Charterhouse Pit, Nightingale Valley, Hinton Hill, Wellow, Winterbourne Railway Cutting, Bowlditch Quarry, Monkswood Valley, St. Catherine's Valley, Quarry Steps, Durdham Down, Tytherington Quarry, Upton Coombe, Kilmersdon Road Quarry, Hawkesbury Meadow, Bickley Wood, Barnhill Quarry, Cattybrook Brickpit, Cullimore's Quarry, Brinkmarsh Quarry, Damery Road Section, Bishop's Hill Wood. Excerpt: This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in the former county of Avon, 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. Although the county of Avon no longer exists, Natural England still uses its former borders to mark one of its Areas of Search. As of 2006, there are 86 sites designated in this Area of Search, ...