List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Oxfordshire

Coordinates: 51°45′N 1°17′W / 51.75°N 1.28°W / 51.75; -1.28
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This article is about SSSIs in Oxfordshire. For other counties, see
List of SSSIs by Area of Search
.

Oxfordshire in South East England has an area of 2,605 square kilometres and a population of 648,700. In England, the body responsible for designating

Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) is Natural England, which is responsible for protecting England's natural environment. Notification as an SSSI gives legal protection to the best sites for wildlife and geology.[1] As of 2020, there are 111 SSSIs in Oxfordshire, 78 of which have been designated for biological interest, 27 for geological interest, and 6 for both biological and geological interest.[2]

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Sites

Site name Photograph B G Area[a] Public access Location[a] Other Map[b] Citation[c] Description
Alvescot Meadows Green tickY 3.0 hectares
(7.4 acres)[3] 		Alvescot
51°44′35″N 1°36′22″W / 51.743°N 1.606°W / 51.743; -1.606 (Alvescot Meadows)
SP 273 050[3] 		Map Citation
Appleton Lower Common Appleton Lower Common Green tickY 47.3 hectares
(117 acres)[4] 		FP Appleton
51°42′11″N 1°23′10″W / 51.703°N 1.386°W / 51.703; -1.386 (Appleton Lower Common)
SP 425 007[4] 		Map Citation The common has diverse broadleaved woodland on
wood anemone. Invertebrates include the rare club-tailed dragonfly.[5]
Ardley Cutting and Quarry Ardley Cutting Green tickY Green tickY 40.1 hectares
(99 acres)[6] 		PP Ardley
51°56′28″N 1°13′23″W / 51.941°N 1.223°W / 51.941; -1.223 (Ardley Cutting and Quarry)
SP 535 272[6]
BBOWT,[7] GCR,[8] SM[9]
 Map Citation The quarry and railway cutting exposes rocks dating to the
great crested newt.[10]
Ardley Trackways Ardley Trackways Green tickY 63.6 hectares
(157 acres)[11] 		NO Bucknell
51°55′16″N 1°12′54″W / 51.921°N 1.215°W / 51.921; -1.215 (Ardley Trackways)
SP 541 250[11] 		GCR[12] Map Citation This site is internationally important because it has trackways created by a herd of
theropods, along a shoreline dating to the Middle Jurassic, around 165 million years ago. These are the only such trackways in England, and one of the few dating to the Middle Jurassic in the world. The tracks throw light on the behaviour and gait of the dinosaours.[13]
Arncott Bridge Meadows Arncott Bridge Meadows Green tickY 8.7 hectares
(21 acres)[14] 		NO Arncott
51°51′43″N 1°07′05″W / 51.862°N 1.118°W / 51.862; -1.118 (Arncott Bridge Meadows)
SP 608 185[14] 		Map Citation The site is adjacent to the River Ray and in its flood plain. It is old unimproved hay meadows which display medieval ridge and furrow features, showing that it has not been ploughed for centuries. It lies on Oxford Clay, and some areas are seasonally waterlogged. It has a wide variety of plants, including some rare ones, such as the nationally uncommon narrow-leaved water-dropwort, and the river bank also has unusual plants.[15]
Ashdown Park Ashdown Park Green tickY 9.3 hectares
(23 acres)[16] 		YES Ashbury
51°32′10″N 1°35′31″W / 51.536°N 1.592°W / 51.536; -1.592 (Ashdown Park)
SU 284 820[16] 		Map Citation The park has been designated an SSSI because of the lichens on its many
Parmelia loxodes.[17]
Aston Rowant
 Aston Rowant Green tickY 127.5 hectares
(315 acres)[18] 		YES Shirburn
51°39′47″N 0°57′00″W / 51.663°N 0.950°W / 51.663; -0.950 (Aston Rowant)
SU 727 966[18] 		NCR[19]
NNR[20]
SAC[21][22] 		Map[d] Citation This site has beech woodland, scrub and chalk grassland. Unusual plants in the ground flora include
white helleborine. There are several uncommon species of beetles and moths, and fifty breeding bird species.[23]
Aston Rowant Cutting Aston Rowant Cutting Green tickY 3.5 hectares
(8.6 acres)[24] 		YES Shirburn
51°39′43″N 0°56′35″W / 51.662°N 0.943°W / 51.662; -0.943 (Aston Rowant Cutting)
SU 732 964[24] 		GCR[25] Map Citation This cutting provides the best exposure in central England dating to the
Upper Chalk succession, and at its base there is a fossil rich section which is important in defining the boundary between the Coniacian and the preceding Turonian stage.[26]
Aston Rowant Woods Aston Rowant Woods Green tickY 209.9 hectares
(519 acres)[27] 		YES Aston Rowant
51°40′26″N 0°55′01″W / 51.674°N 0.917°W / 51.674; -0.917 (Aston Rowant Woods)
SU 750 978[27] 		NCR[28]
NNR[29]
SAC[30][31] 		Map[d] Citation The site is described by Natural England as "of national importance as a large, unfragmented area of ancient semi-natural woodland characteristic of the Chilterns scarp". Flora include 52 species indicative of ancient woods, and there are over 100 species of fungi.[32]
Aston Upthorpe Downs Aston Upthorpe Downs Green tickY 38.5 hectares
(95 acres)[33] 		YES Aston Upthorpe
51°32′53″N 1°13′05″W / 51.548°N 1.218°W / 51.548; -1.218 (Aston Upthorpe Downs)
SU 543 835[33]
NCR[34]
 Map Citation This site is a set of dry valleys in the Berkshire Downs. Most of it is chalk grassland which has a rich variety of flora and fauna, and there are also areas of mixed woodland and juniper scrub. Flora include the nationally uncommon wild candytuft and the only population in the county of the rare pasque flower.[35]
Barrow Farm Fen Green tickY 6.7 hectares
(17 acres)[36] 		Marcham
51°40′26″N 1°19′30″W / 51.674°N 1.325°W / 51.674; -1.325 (Barrow Farm Fen)
SU 468 975[36] 		Map Citation
Bear, Oveys and Great Bottom Woods Oveys Wood Green tickY 64.1 hectares
(158 acres)[37] 		FP Rotherfield Peppard
51°32′38″N 0°59′42″W / 51.544°N 0.995°W / 51.544; -0.995 (Bear, Oveys and Great Bottom Woods)
SU 698 833[37] 		Map Citation This beech woodland has more than 40 species of ground flora which is commonly associated with ancient woods in southern Britain, including
goldilocks buttercup, woodruff and the moss Leucobryum glaucum.[38]
Berins Hill Bank Green tickY 2.1 hectares
(5.2 acres)[39] 		Ipsden
51°33′40″N 1°03′32″W / 51.561°N 1.059°W / 51.561; -1.059 (Berins Hill Bank)
SU 653 851[39] 		Map Citation
Berrick Trench Berrick Trench Green tickY 2.1 hectares
(5.2 acres)[40] 		FP Swyncombe
51°35′17″N 0°59′02″W / 51.588°N 0.984°W / 51.588; -0.984 (Berrick Trench)
SU 705 882[40] 		Map Citation This is an ancient semi-natural
early dog-violet.[41]
Bestmoor Green tickY 12.1 hectares
(30 acres)[42] 		North Aston
51°57′50″N 1°17′06″W / 51.964°N 1.285°W / 51.964; -1.285 (Bestmoor)
SP 492 297[42] 		Map Citation
Bix Bottom Bix Bottom Green tickY 102.3 hectares
(253 acres)[43] 		YES Swyncombe
51°35′06″N 0°58′05″W / 51.585°N 0.968°W / 51.585; -0.968 (Bix Bottom)
SU 716 879[43] 		BBOWT[44] Map Citation This site has ancient woods which are shown on a map of 1786, together with areas of grassy clearings and scrub. More than 500 species of
meadow clary, which is listed in the British Red Data Book of Plants. There are more than 75 bird species and 650 fungi, including many which are nationally rare.[45]
Blenheim Park Blenheim Park Green tickY 224.3 hectares
(554 acres)[46] 		YES Woodstock
51°50′10″N 1°22′12″W / 51.836°N 1.370°W / 51.836; -1.370 (Blenheim Park)
SP 435 155[46] 		Map Citation The park was once an Anglo-Saxon
British Red Data Book of Invertebrates, Rhizophagus oblongicollis, Plectophloeus nitidus and Aeletesatomarius.[47]
Bould Wood Bould Wood Green tickY 58.2 hectares
(144 acres)[48] 		PP Chipping Norton
51°52′59″N 1°38′02″W / 51.883°N 1.634°W / 51.883; -1.634 (Bould Wood)
SP 253 206[48]
BBOWT[49]
 Map Citation This site is mainly ancient semi-natural woodland, but it also has two streams, a pond and a wet meadow. The lower plant flora is diverse. Fungi include tricholoma toadstools and Cudoniella clavus, while there are lichens such as Cladonia polydactyla, Catillaria prasina and Graphis scripta.[50]
Brasenose Wood and Shotover Hill Brasenose Wood and Shotover Hill Green tickY 109.2 hectares
(270 acres)[51] 		YES Headington
51°45′50″N 1°11′10″W / 51.764°N 1.186°W / 51.764; -1.186 (Brasenose Wood and Shotover Hill)
SP 563 056[51]
NCR[51]
 Map Citation Most Brasenose Wood is a remnant of the ancient Shotover Forest, and it is one of the few woods which is still managed by the traditional method of coppice-with-standards. It has a very diverse ground flora, and 221 species of vascular plant have been recorded, including 46 which are characteristic of ancient woodland. Shotover hill has heath and unimproved grassland. It is described by Natural England as "of outstanding entomological interest", with many rare flies, bees, wasps and ants.[52]
Buckland Warren Green tickY 0.04 hectares
(0.099 acres)[53] 		NO Buckland
51°39′50″N 1°31′12″W / 51.664°N 1.520°W / 51.664; -1.520 (Buckland Warren)
SU 333 963[53] 		Map Citation This narrow strip of cultivated land between a wood and a golf course is designated an SSSI because it has a population of the nationally rare
British Red Data Book of Vascular Plants. This annual plant requires disturbance of the soil by ploughing in early to mid October.[54]
Cassington Meadows Green tickY 6.9 hectares
(17 acres)[55] 		Witney
51°47′17″N 1°19′55″W / 51.788°N 1.332°W / 51.788; -1.332 (Cassington Meadows)
SP 462 101[55] 		SAC[56] Map Citation
Chimney Meadows Chimney Meadows Green tickY 49.6 hectares
(123 acres)[57] 		PP Bampton
51°41′53″N 1°29′31″W / 51.698°N 1.492°W / 51.698; -1.492 (Chimney Meadows)
SP 352 000[57]
BBOWT,[58] NNR[59]
 Map Citation This site, which consists of six botanically rich
glaucous sedge.[60]
Chinnor Chalk Pit Chinnor Chalk Pit Green tickY 20.4 hectares
(50 acres)[61] 		NO Chinnor
51°41′28″N 0°54′22″W / 51.691°N 0.906°W / 51.691; -0.906 (Chinnor Chalk Pit)
SU 757 997[61] 		GCR[62] Map Citation This site is described by
ammonites from the Lower and Middle Chalk.[63]
Chinnor Hill Chinnor Hill Green tickY 26.8 hectares
(66 acres)[64] 		YES Chinnor
51°41′56″N 0°53′35″W / 51.699°N 0.893°W / 51.699; -0.893 (Chinnor Hill)
SP 766 006[64]
BBOWT[65]
 Map Citation This hill has species-rich calcareous grassland, juniper scrub, which is an uncommon habitat, mixed scrub and woodland. More than 300 species of vascular plant have been recorded and 65 of birds. Many passerines breed in the scrub, and thrushes such as redwings and fieldfares feed on berries in the winter.[66]
Cothill Fen Cothill Fen Green tickY Green tickY 43.3 hectares
(107 acres)[67] 		PP Marcham
51°41′53″N 1°19′59″W / 51.698°N 1.333°W / 51.698; -1.333 (Cothill Fen)
SP 462 001[67]
NCR,[71] NNR,[72] SAC[73]
 Map Citation This site has nationally rare
vascular plants have been recorded. It is a nationally important site geologically because the sampling the peat gives a picture of the vegetation over the early Holocene, between 10,000 and 6,500 years ago.[74][75]
Culham Brake Green tickY 1.5 hectares
(3.7 acres)[76] 		Culham
51°39′50″N 1°16′01″W / 51.664°N 1.267°W / 51.664; -1.267 (Culham Brake)
SU 508 964[76] 		Map Citation
Cumnor Green tickY 0.2 hectares
(0.49 acres)[77] 		Oxford
51°43′34″N 1°20′02″W / 51.726°N 1.334°W / 51.726; -1.334 (Cumnor)
SP 461 032[77] 		GCR[78] Map Citation
Ditchley Road Quarry Green tickY 12.1 hectares
(30 acres)[79] 		Charlbury
51°52′34″N 1°27′54″W / 51.876°N 1.465°W / 51.876; -1.465 (Ditchley Road Quarry)
SP 369 199[79] 		GCR[80] Map Citation
Dry Sandford Pit Dry Sandford Pit Green tickY Green tickY 4.2 hectares
(10 acres)[81] 		YES Abingdon
51°41′28″N 1°19′34″W / 51.691°N 1.326°W / 51.691; -1.326 (Dry Sandford Pit)
SU 467 994[81]
BBOWT,[82] GCR[83]
 Map Citation This former sand quarry exposes a sequence of
ammonites. It has diverse calcareous habitats, including fen, grassland, scrub and heath. It is nationally important entomologically, especially for bees and wasps.[84]
Ducklington Mead Ducklington Mead Green tickY 4.6 hectares
(11 acres)[85] 		NO Ducklington
51°45′58″N 1°28′30″W / 51.766°N 1.475°W / 51.766; -1.475 (Ducklington Mead)
SP 363 076[85] 		Map Citation This traditionally managed meadow has diverse flora, such as the rare and declining
lady's bedstraw and betony. There are also ditches with interesting wetland flora and an ancient hedge with a variety of shrubs.[86]
Fernham Meadows Green tickY 22.5 hectares
(56 acres)[87] 		Faringdon
51°36′50″N 1°34′37″W / 51.614°N 1.577°W / 51.614; -1.577 (Fernham Meadows)
SU 294 907[87] 		Map Citation
Frilford Heath, Ponds and Fens Frilford Heath, Ponds and Fens Green tickY 108.8 hectares
(269 acres)[88] 		PP Abingdon
51°40′55″N 1°21′50″W / 51.682°N 1.364°W / 51.682; -1.364 (Frilford Heath, Ponds and Fens)
SU 441 983[88]
BBOWT[89]
 Map Citation
red data book of threatened species fly cheilosia mutabalis, and the nationally uncommon Epistrophe diaphana.[90]
Glyme Valley Glyme Valley Green tickY 28.9 hectares
(71 acres)[91] 		PP Chipping Norton
51°55′48″N 1°30′36″W / 51.930°N 1.510°W / 51.930; -1.510 (Glyme Valley)
SP 338 258[91]
BBOWT[92]
 Map Citation This linear site runs along two stretches of the valley of the
British Red Data Book of Vascular Plants. There are several badger setts.[93]
Grafton Lock Meadow Green tickY 10.7 hectares
(26 acres)[94] 		Faringdon
51°41′17″N 1°36′22″W / 51.688°N 1.606°W / 51.688; -1.606 (Grafton Lock Meadow)
SU 273 989[94] 		Map Citation
Hackpen, Warren & Gramp's Hill Downs Warren Down Green tickY 71.4 hectares
(176 acres)[95] 		YES Childrey
51°33′36″N 1°29′10″W / 51.560°N 1.486°W / 51.560; -1.486 (Hackpen, Warren & Gramp's Hill Downs)
SU 357 847[95] 		SM[96] Map Citation This site consists of three adjacent areas of unimproved chalk grassland, which are managed by close grazing. Warren Down and Gramp's Hill Down are dominated by
brown argus and marbled white.[97]
Harpsden Wood Harpsden Wood Green tickY 29.4 hectares
(73 acres)[98] 		YES Henley-on-Thames
51°31′01″N 0°54′22″W / 51.517°N 0.906°W / 51.517; -0.906 (Harpsden Wood)
SU 760 804[98] 		Map Citation Most of this ancient wood is on acidic clay with flints, although some areas are on sandy clay or chalky silt. The acid soils have a sparse understorey but there is a diverse ground flora in the
narrow-lipped helleborine.[99]
Hartslock Hartslock Green tickY 41.8 hectares
(103 acres)[100] 		YES Goring-on-Thames
51°30′25″N 1°06′36″W / 51.507°N 1.110°W / 51.507; -1.110 (Hartslock)
SU 619 790[100] 		BBOWT,[101] SAC[102] Map Citation This site on the east bank of the River Thames has diverse semi-natural habitats, including species-rich chalk downland, ancient yew woodland, semi-natural broadleaved woodland, riverside fen and scrub. Hartslock Wood is one of the sites listed in 1915 by Charles Rothschild, the founder of the Wildlife Trusts, as "worthy of preservation". The wood has a variety of tree species including beech and yew, and there is a large colony of badgers.[103][104]
Highlands Farm Pit Highlands Farm Pit Green tickY 0.6 hectares
(1.5 acres)[105] 		YES Henley-on-Thames
51°31′34″N 0°55′48″W / 51.526°N 0.930°W / 51.526; -0.930 (Highlands Farm Pit)
SU 743 813[105] 		GCR[106] Map Citation The site exposes gravel from the abandoned channel of the
Palaeolithic flints, which are some of the earliest of their type known.[107] It is described by Natural England as a "crucial site".[108]
Holly Court Bank Green tickY 4.4 hectares
(11 acres)[109] 		Witney
51°49′59″N 1°26′28″W / 51.833°N 1.441°W / 51.833; -1.441 (Holly Court Bank)
SP 386 151[109] 		Map Citation
Holly Wood Holly Wood Green tickY 25.6 hectares
(63 acres)[110] 		NO Oxford
51°47′10″N 1°09′00″W / 51.786°N 1.150°W / 51.786; -1.150 (Holly Wood)
SP 587 100[110] 		Map Citation This ancient wood is a small remnant of the medieval
purple emperor.[111]
Holton Wood Holton Wood Green tickY 50.6 hectares
(125 acres)[112] 		FP Oxford
51°46′01″N 1°07′59″W / 51.767°N 1.133°W / 51.767; -1.133 (Holton Wood)
SP 599 079[112] 		Map Citation This ancient wood was formerly part of
purple emperor.[113]
Hook Meadow and The Trap Grounds Hook Meadow and The Trap Grounds Green tickY 11.9 hectares
(29 acres)[114] 		NO Oxford
51°46′37″N 1°16′41″W / 51.777°N 1.278°W / 51.777; -1.278 (Hook Meadow and The Trap Grounds)
SP 499 089[114] 		Map Citation These unimproved meadows in the floodplain of the
early marsh orchid.[115]
Hook Norton Cutting and Banks Hook Norton Cutting and Banks Green tickY Green tickY 6.7 hectares
(17 acres)[116] 		PP Chipping Norton
51°58′55″N 1°28′48″W / 51.982°N 1.480°W / 51.982; -1.480 (Hook Norton Cutting and Banks)
SP 358 316[116]
BBOWT,[117] GCR[118]
 Map Citation Hook Norton Cutting is a nature reserve along two stretches of a disused railway line separated by a tunnel. Most of it is unimproved
Chipping Norton Formation. Hook Norton Bank is a steeply sloping limestone grassland by the River Swere.[119]
Horsehay Quarries Horsehay Quarries Green tickY 8.4 hectares
(21 acres)[120] 		NO Chipping Norton
51°56′28″N 1°20′17″W / 51.941°N 1.338°W / 51.941; -1.338 (Horsehay Quarries)
SP 456 272[120] 		GCR[121] Map Citation These quarries expose rocks dating to the Middle Jurassic period. The sequence runs from the Northampton Sand Formation of the Aalenian about 172 million years ago to the Taynton Limestone Formation of the Middle Bathonian around 167 million years ago.[122]
Hurst Hill Hurst Hill Green tickY Green tickY 20.6 hectares
(51 acres)[123] 		YES Cumnor
51°44′02″N 1°18′43″W / 51.734°N 1.312°W / 51.734; -1.312 (Hurst Hill)
SP 476 041[123] 		GCR[124] Map Citation The site is owned by
Upper Jurassic 143 million years ago, was found on the site.[126] The fossil belongs to a typically North African genus, and provides evidence of a land bridge across the proto-Atlantic in the Late Jurassic.[127]
Iffley Meadows Iffley Meadows Green tickY 36.1 hectares
(89 acres)[128] 		YES Oxford
51°43′48″N 1°14′38″W / 51.730°N 1.244°W / 51.730; -1.244 (Iffley Meadows)
SP 523 037[128]
BBOWT[129]
 Map Citation These flood meadows between two arms of the River Thames are traditionally managed for hay and pasture. A large part of the site is on clay, and it is enriched by silt each year when it is flooded. There is a rich grassland flora, with the outstanding feature being 89,000 snake's head fritillaries, which produce purple flowers in the spring. There is a network of old river channels, ditches and overgrown hedges.[129][130]
Kirtlington Quarry Kirtlington Quarry Green tickY 3.1 hectares
(7.7 acres)[131] 		YES Kidlington
51°52′30″N 1°17′02″W / 51.875°N 1.284°W / 51.875; -1.284 (Kirtlington Quarry)
SP 494 199[131]
LNR[134]
 Map Citation Britain has the only five
crocodilians, pterosaurs, fishes and many shark teeth.[135]
Knightsbridge Lane Knightsbridge Lane Green tickY 1.7 hectares
(4.2 acres)[136] 		YES Watlington
51°40′01″N 1°06′14″W / 51.667°N 1.104°W / 51.667; -1.104 (Knightsbridge Lane)
SU 683 969[136] 		Map Citation This site consists of woodland on the sides of a minor road, which has approximately one tenth of the population in the country of a very rare plant,
vascular plants, and it is found at only seven other locations in Britain. The species is often found in disturbed soils, and may have increased following the clearance of dead elm trees.[137]
Lamb and Flag Quarry Green tickY 0.2 hectares
(0.49 acres)[138] 		Abingdon
51°40′26″N 1°27′07″W / 51.674°N 1.452°W / 51.674; -1.452 (Lamb and Flag Quarry)
SU 380 974[138] 		GCR[139] Map Citation
Lambridge Wood Lambridge Wood Green tickY 74.6 hectares
(184 acres)[140] 		YES Henley-on-Thames
51°33′04″N 0°56′13″W / 51.551°N 0.937°W / 51.551; -0.937 (Lambridge Wood)
SU 738 841[140] 		Map Citation Soil types in the wood vary from
wych elm. The understorey in mainly bramble, and in some areas bracken.[141]
Langley's Lane Meadow Green tickY 3.3 hectares
(8.2 acres)[142] 		Witney
51°42′36″N 1°26′10″W / 51.710°N 1.436°W / 51.710; -1.436 (Langley's Lane Meadow)
SP 391 014[142] 		Map Citation
Little Tew Meadows Little Tew Meadows Green tickY 40.0 hectares
(99 acres)[143] 		FP Little Tew
51°57′00″N 1°27′11″W / 51.950°N 1.453°W / 51.950; -1.453 (Little Tew Meadows)
SP 377 281[143] 		Map Citation This site is composed of four adjoining unimproved meadows. One is used for hay while the rest are managed by cattle grazing. Two have prominent ridge and furrow dating to medieval farming practices. There are also extensive flushes and outcrops of limestone around the site of a former quarry.[144]
Little Wittenham Little Wittenham Green tickY 68.9 hectares
(170 acres)[145] 		YES
Dorchester-on-Thames
51°37′52″N 1°10′30″W / 51.631°N 1.175°W / 51.631; -1.175 (Little Wittenham)
SU 572 928[145]
 SAC[146] Map Citation This site, which is managed by the
great crested newt, which is a priority species of the Biodiversity action plan.[147]
Littlemore Railway Cutting Littlemore Railway Cutting Green tickY 0.5 hectares
(1.2 acres)[148] 		NO Oxford
51°43′16″N 1°14′02″W / 51.721°N 1.234°W / 51.721; -1.234 (Littlemore Railway Cutting)
SP 530 027[148] 		GCR[149] Map Citation The cutting exposes limestone and clay laid down in mid-Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic, around 160 million years ago. The deposit is part of the Stanford Formation, and the clay appears to have been deposited in a channel between coral reefs which then covered the Oxford area.[150][151]
Littleworth Brick Pit Green tickY 1.5 hectares
(3.7 acres)[152] 		Oxford
51°44′38″N 1°08′53″W / 51.744°N 1.148°W / 51.744; -1.148 (Littleworth Brick Pit)
SP 589 054[152] 		GCR[153] Map Citation
Long Hanborough Gravel Pit Green tickY 3.7 hectares
(9.1 acres)[154] 		Witney
51°49′08″N 1°23′38″W / 51.819°N 1.394°W / 51.819; -1.394 (Long Hanborough Gravel Pit)
SP 419 136[154] 		GCR[155] Map Citation
Lye Valley Lye Valley Green tickY 2.3 hectares
(5.7 acres)[156] 		YES Oxford
51°44′46″N 1°12′32″W / 51.746°N 1.209°W / 51.746; -1.209 (Lye Valley)
SP 547 056[156]
LNR[157]
 Map Citation This a
soldier fly, Vanoyia tenuicornis and the uncommon spiders, Xysticus ulmi and Anistea elegans.[158]
Lyehill Quarry Lyehill Quarry Green tickY 2.8 hectares
(6.9 acres)[159] 		NO Oxford
51°45′25″N 1°08′38″W / 51.757°N 1.144°W / 51.757; -1.144 (Lyehill Quarry)
SP 592 068[159] 		GCR[160] Map Citation This disused quarry exposes rocks dating to the Wheatley Limestone member of the Stanford Formation, approximately 160 million years ago during the Middle Jurassic. The deposits are limestones in an unstable reef substrate, and the only fossils are of oysters.[161]
Magdalen Grove Green tickY 0.4 hectares
(0.99 acres)[162] 		Oxford
51°45′18″N 1°15′00″W / 51.755°N 1.250°W / 51.755; -1.250 (Magdalen Grove)
SP 519 065[162] 		GCR[163] Map Citation
Magdalen Quarry Green tickY 0.3 hectares
(0.74 acres)[164] 		Oxford
51°45′36″N 1°12′11″W / 51.760°N 1.203°W / 51.760; -1.203 (Magdalen Quarry)
SP 551 071[164]
LNR[166]
 Map Citation
Middle Barton Fen Green tickY 11.6 hectares
(29 acres)[167] 		Chipping Norton
51°55′59″N 1°21′22″W / 51.933°N 1.356°W / 51.933; -1.356 (Middle Barton Fen)
SP 444 263[167] 		Map Citation
Moulsford Downs Moulsford Down Green tickY 13.6 hectares
(34 acres)[168] 		NO Moulsford
51°32′20″N 1°10′08″W / 51.539°N 1.169°W / 51.539; -1.169 (Moulsford Down)
SU 577 826[168] 		Map Citation This chalk grassland site on the Berkshire Downs has a rich wildlife. The diverse invertebrate fauna includes the uncommon robber-fly Leptarthrus brevirostris, the adonis blue butterfly, the juniper shield bug, the weevils Baris picicornis and seed beetle Phyllobius viridicollis, the leaf beetle Phyllotreta nodicornis and the Bruchus cisti.[169]
Murcott Meadows Green tickY 22.5 hectares
(56 acres)[170] 		Oxford
51°31′16″N 1°08′35″W / 51.521°N 1.143°W / 51.521; -1.143 (Murcott Meadows)
SP 592 139[170]
BBOWT[171]
 Map Citation
Neithrop Fields Cutting Neithrop Fields Cutting Green tickY 1.4 hectares
(3.5 acres)[172] 		YES Banbury
52°04′26″N 1°21′43″W / 52.074°N 1.362°W / 52.074; -1.362 (Neithrop Fields Cutting)
SP 438 419[172] 		GCR[173] Map Citation This site exhibits sections dating to the
ammonites. Natural England describes the site as a "key palaeogeographic and stratigraphic locality".[174]
New Marston Meadows New Marston Meadows Green tickY 44.7 hectares
(110 acres)[175] 		PP Oxford
51°45′54″N 1°14′53″W / 51.765°N 1.248°W / 51.765; -1.248 (New Marston Meadows)
SP 520 076[175] 		Map Citation These meadows in the floodplain of the
Snake's head fritillary, which is nationally scarce, is also found at the site.[176]
Otmoor Otmoor Green tickY 213.0 hectares
(526 acres)[177] 		PP Murcott
51°49′12″N 1°10′08″W / 51.820°N 1.169°W / 51.820; -1.169 (Otmoor)
SP 574 138[177] 		Map Citation This site in the floodplain of the
sedge, coarse grassland, woodland, pools and ditches. More than sixty species of bird breed on the site, such as curlew and lapwing, while wintering birds include teal, wigeon, snipe, golden plover and short-eared owl.[178]
Out Wood Out Wood Green tickY 19.2 hectares
(47 acres)[179] 		PP Woodstock
51°52′59″N 1°24′36″W / 51.883°N 1.410°W / 51.883; -1.410 (Out Wood)
SP 407 207[179] 		Map Citation This semi-natural wood is a surviving fragment of the medieval
greater butterfly orchid.[180]
Pishill Woods Pishill Woods Green tickY 42.8 hectares
(106 acres)[181] 		PP Henley-on-Thames
51°36′22″N 0°58′19″W / 51.606°N 0.972°W / 51.606; -0.972 (Pishill Woods)
SU 713 902[181] 		Map Citation These semi-natural woods have a rich ground flora, including 35 species associated with ancient woodland. The southern part is dominated by
wych elm. The southern part is common land.[182]
Pixey and Yarnton Meads Pixey and Yarnton Meads Green tickY 86.4 hectares
(213 acres)[183] 		PP Oxford
51°47′17″N 1°18′29″W / 51.788°N 1.308°W / 51.788; -1.308 (Pixey and Yarnton Meads)
SP 478 102[183]
NCR,[184] SAC[56]
 Map Citation These are unimproved flood meadows on the bank of the
hydrological research.[185]
Port Meadow with Wolvercote Common and Green Port Meadow Green tickY 167.1 hectares
(413 acres)[186] 		PP Oxford
51°46′26″N 1°17′13″W / 51.774°N 1.287°W / 51.774; -1.287 (Port Meadow with Wolvercote Common and Green)
SP 493 086[186]
NCR,[184] SAC,[56] SM[187]
 Map Citation This site consists of meadows in the floodplain of the
Red Data Book species not found anywhere else in Britain.[188]
Priest's Hill Green tickY 1.0 hectare
(2.5 acres)[189] 		Henley-on-Thames
51°34′44″N 0°59′35″W / 51.579°N 0.993°W / 51.579; -0.993 (Priest's Hill)
SU 699 872[189] 		GCR[190] Map Citation
Reed Hill Reed Hill Green tickY 14.0 hectares
(35 acres)[191] 		NO Witney
51°35′02″N 1°27′00″W / 51.584°N 1.450°W / 51.584; -1.450 (Reed Hill)
SP 380 174[191] 		Map Citation This sheltered dry valley has unimproved limestone grassland, secondary woodland and scrub. A spring at the northern end makes the ground there seasonally damp. Invertebrates include the small blue, Duke of Burgundy and dark green fritillary butterflies, the small shield bug Neotti-glossa pusilla, the beetle Oedemera lurida and the spider Hypsosinga pygmaea.[192]
Rock Edge Rock Edge Green tickY 1.7 hectares
(4.2 acres)[193] 		YES Oxford
51°45′14″N 1°12′22″W / 51.754°N 1.206°W / 51.754; -1.206 (Rock Edge)
SP 549 064[193]
LNR[195]
 Map Citation This site exposes limestone rich in coral called
Upper Jurassic, around 145 million years ago.[196]
Rushy Meadows Rushy Meadows Green tickY 8.9 hectares
(22 acres)[197] 		NO Kidlington
51°49′26″N 1°18′11″W / 51.824°N 1.303°W / 51.824; -1.303 (Rushy Meadows)
SP 481 142[197] 		Map Citation This site consists of unimproved
distant sedge.[198]
Salt Way, Ditchley Salt Way, Ditchley Green tickY 2.0 hectares
(4.9 acres)[199] 		YES Chipping Norton
51°52′23″N 1°26′38″W / 51.873°N 1.444°W / 51.873; -1.444 (Salt Way, Ditchley)
SP 384 195[199]
LNR[200]
 Map Citation This is a stretch of an ancient track together with its species-rich grass verges and hedges. It has been designated an SSSI because it has the largest known British colony of the very rare downy woundwort, with more than 100 seedlings and 60 flowering stems. The plant is associated with hedges along Roman roads and ancient tracks on calcareous soils, and Salt Way may date to the Roman period.[201]
Sarsgrove Wood Sarsgrove Wood Green tickY 41.9 hectares
(104 acres)[202] 		NO Chipping Norton
51°54′58″N 1°33′32″W / 51.916°N 1.559°W / 51.916; -1.559 (Sarsgrove Wood)
SP 304 243[202] 		Map Citation This ancient wood has a diverse geology resulting in a variety of soil conditions. A stream with poorly drained valley walls runs through the wood. More freely-drained areas have ground flora including
narrow-leaved everlasting pea.[203]
Sharp's Hill Quarry Sharp's Hill Quarry Green tickY 2.4 hectares
(5.9 acres)[204] 		NO Banbury
52°01′12″N 1°30′36″W / 52.020°N 1.510°W / 52.020; -1.510 (Sharp's Hill Quarry)
SP 337 358[204] 		GCR[205] Map Citation This is the
Chipping Norton Formation are also present.[206][207]
Sheep's Banks Sheep's Bank Green tickY 5.1 hectares
(13 acres)[208] 		NO Woodstock
51°53′06″N 1°21′32″W / 51.885°N 1.359°W / 51.885; -1.359 (Sheep's Banks)
SP 442 209[208] 		Map Citation This steeply sloping site is species-rich grassland which is traditionally managed. An ancient hedge runs the length of the site and a small stream runs along the downward side. Flora include five species of orchid, including
pyramidal and green-winged.[209]
Shellingford Crossroads Quarry Shellingford Crossroads Quarry Green tickY 2.6 hectares
(6.4 acres)[210] 		YES Faringdon
51°38′42″N 1°31′48″W / 51.645°N 1.530°W / 51.645; -1.530 (Shellingford Crossroads Quarry)
SU 326 941[210] 		GCR[211] Map Citation This site exposes rocks of the
bivalves, and it is also important as it provides an example of the complexity of Oxfordian stratigraphy.[212]
Shipton-on-Cherwell and Whitehill Farm Quarries Shipton-on-Cherwell and Whitehill Farm Quarries Green tickY 27.0 hectares
(67 acres)[213] 		NO Kidlington
51°51′07″N 1°18′32″W / 51.852°N 1.309°W / 51.852; -1.309 (Shipton-on-Cherwell and Whitehill Farm Quarries)
SP 477 173[213] 		GCR[214][215] Map Citation This site exposes a
Dacentrurus vetustus.[216]
Shirburn Hill Shirburn Hill Green tickY 63.7 hectares
(157 acres)[217] 		YES Watlington
51°39′11″N 0°58′05″W / 51.653°N 0.968°W / 51.653; -0.968 (Shirburn Hill)
SU 715 954[217] 		Map Citation The hill has chalk grassland, chalk heath, scrub and broadleaved woodland. Most grasslands in the
buckthorn scrub.[218]
Sidling's Copse and College Pond Green tickY 21.7 hectares
(54 acres)[219] 		Oxford
51°46′52″N 1°12′00″W / 51.781°N 1.200°W / 51.781; -1.200 (Sidling's Copse and College Pond)
SP 553 094[219] 		BBOWT[220] Map Citation
Spartum Fen Green tickY 7.6 hectares
(19 acres)[221] 		Oxford
51°42′32″N 1°03′18″W / 51.709°N 1.055°W / 51.709; -1.055 (Spartum Fen)
SP 654 016[221] 		Map Citation
Stanton Great Wood Stanton Great Wood Green tickY 58.2 hectares
(144 acres)[222] 		NO Oxford
51°46′41″N 1°08′56″W / 51.778°N 1.149°W / 51.778; -1.149 (Stanton Great Wood)
SP 588 092[222] 		Map Citation This
small black arches.[223]
Stanton Harcourt Green tickY 0.5 hectares
(1.2 acres)[224] 		Witney
51°44′35″N 1°24′07″W / 51.743°N 1.402°W / 51.743; -1.402 (Stanton Harcourt)
SP 414 051[224] 		GCR[225] Map Citation
Stonesfield Common, Bottoms and Banks Stonesfield Common, Bottoms and Banks Green tickY 26.9 hectares
(66 acres)[226] 		PP Witney
51°50′46″N 1°25′55″W / 51.846°N 1.432°W / 51.846; -1.432 (Stonesfield Common, Bottoms and Banks)
SP 392 165[226] 		Map Citation This site is composed of steeply sloping valleys and banks. Most of it is unimproved limestone grassland and scrub, but there is also an area of semi-natural ancient woodland. The grass in Stonesfield Common is mainly
pyramidal orchid.[227]
Stonesfield Slate Mines Green tickY 0.8 hectares
(2.0 acres)[228] 		Witney
51°51′00″N 1°26′38″W / 51.850°N 1.444°W / 51.850; -1.444 (Stonesfield Slate Mines)
SP 384 170[228] 		GCR[229][230][231][232][233] Map Citation
Stratton Audley Quarries Green tickY 8.6 hectares
(21 acres)[234] 		Bicester
51°55′12″N 1°07′41″W / 51.920°N 1.128°W / 51.920; -1.128 (Stratton Audley Quarries)
SP 601 250[234] 		GCR[235] Map Citation
Sturt Copse Sturt Copse Green tickY 6.5 hectares
(16 acres)[236] 		FP Witney
51°49′55″N 1°25′19″W / 51.832°N 1.422°W / 51.832; -1.422 (Sturt Copse)
SP 399 150[236] 		Map Citation This wood has many giant
hard shield-fern.[237]
Sugworth Sugworth Green tickY 0.6 hectares
(1.5 acres)[238] 		NO Abingdon
51°42′11″N 1°15′40″W / 51.703°N 1.261°W / 51.703; -1.261 (Sugworth)
SP 512 007[238] 		GCR[239] Map Citation This site dates to the Cromerian Stage, an interglacial over half a million years ago. It is a river channel cut into Kimmeridge Clay of the Late Jurassic, and it has rich deposits of vertebrates, ostracods, molluscs, beetles, plant remains and pollen.[240]
Swyncombe Downs Swyncombe Downs Green tickY 47.1 hectares
(116 acres)[241] 		PP Henley-on-Thames
51°36′54″N 1°01′30″W / 51.615°N 1.025°W / 51.615; -1.025 (Swyncombe Downs)
SU 676 911[241] 		SM[242] Map Citation This is an area of chalk grassland and scrub on the steep slopes of the
wood tiger.[243]
Taynton Quarries Green tickY 40.0 hectares
(99 acres)[244] 		Taynton
51°49′59″N 1°39′36″W / 51.833°N 1.660°W / 51.833; -1.660 (Taynton Quarries)
SP 235 150[244] 		Map Citation
Tuckmill Meadows Green tickY 5.7 hectares
(14 acres)[245] 		Shrivenham
51°36′25″N 1°39′22″W / 51.607°N 1.656°W / 51.607; -1.656 (Tuckmill Meadows)
SU 239 899[245]
LNR[246]
 Map Citation
Warren Bank Warren Bank Green tickY 3.1 hectares
(7.7 acres)[247] 		YES Wallingford
51°33′58″N 1°03′32″W / 51.566°N 1.059°W / 51.566; -1.059 (Warren Bank)
SU 653 857[247]
BBOWT[248]
 Map Citation This steeply sloping site has unimproved chalk grassland and scrub. There is a rich variety of flora, including
chalk milkwort and bee orchid. There are also many insects, with butterflies such as dark green fritillary and green hairstreak.[249]
Waterperry Wood Waterperry Wood Green tickY 137.0 hectares
(339 acres)[250] 		YES Forest Hill
51°46′41″N 1°07′26″W / 51.778°N 1.124°W / 51.778; -1.124 (Waterperry Wood)
SP 605 092[250]
NCR[251]
 Map Citation This wood has been designated an SSSI because it contains a diverse and important insect fauna, with many nationally uncommon and rare species. There are nineteen species of nationally uncommon hoverflies, including five which are listed in the
British Red Data Book of Insects, many nationally uncommon beetles, thirty butterfly species and several rare moths.[252]
Watlington and Pyrton Hills Watlington Hill Green tickY 112.7 hectares
(278 acres)[253] 		PP Watlington
51°38′20″N 0°58′59″W / 51.639°N 0.983°W / 51.639; -0.983 (Watlington and Pyrton Hills)
SU 705 938[253]
LNR[254]
 Map Citation This site has floristically diverse chalk grassland, chalk scrub, broadleaved woodland and
candytuft.[255]
Wendlebury Meads and Mansmoor Closes Wendlebury Meads Green tickY 74.1 hectares
(183 acres)[256] 		FP Kidlington
51°51′11″N 1°11′24″W / 51.853°N 1.190°W / 51.853; -1.190 (Wendlebury Meads and Mansmoor Closes)
SP 561 175[256]
NCR[256]
 Map Citation Wendlebury Meads consists of several meadows which have been traditionally managed, and have complex and varied flora. It is one of the few
enclosed before 1622, and are important from both a landscape and archaeological point of view. More than 160 plant species have been recorded on the site.[258]
Weston Fen Weston Fen Green tickY 14.0 hectares
(35 acres)[259] 		FP Bicester
51°52′19″N 1°14′20″W / 51.872°N 1.239°W / 51.872; -1.239 (Weston Fen)
SP 525 195[259] 		Map Citation This site has diverse habitats, including a fast-flowing stream, species-rich,
Silis ruficollis and Agabus biguttatus.[260]
Westwell Gorse Green tickY 2.5 hectares
(6.2 acres)[261] 		Burford
51°48′00″N 1°41′02″W / 51.800°N 1.684°W / 51.800; -1.684 (Westwell Gorse)
SP 219 113[261] 		Map Citation
Whitecross Green and Oriel Woods Whitecross Green Green tickY 63.0 hectares
(156 acres)[262] 		YES Murcott
51°49′30″N 1°07′41″W / 51.825°N 1.128°W / 51.825; -1.128 (Whitecross Green and Oriel Woods)
SP 602 144[262]
BBOWT[263]
 Map Citation These ancient woods are part of two former
Shotover and Bernwood. They are crossed by herb-rich and grassy rides, some of which are bordered by ditches, and there is also a pond and a marsh. Twenty-four species of butterfly have been recorded including the nationally rare black hairstreak.[264]
Whitehill Wood Green tickY 3.4 hectares
(8.4 acres)[265] 		Witney
51°50′10″N 1°26′02″W / 51.836°N 1.434°W / 51.836; -1.434 (Whitehill Wood)
SP 391 154[265] 		Map Citation
Whitehorse Hill Whitehorse Hill Green tickY Green tickY 99.0 hectares
(245 acres)[266] 		PP Faringdon
51°34′41″N 1°34′05″W / 51.578°N 1.568°W / 51.578; -1.568 (Whitehorse Hill)
SU 300 867[266] 		GCR,[267] SM[268] Map Citation This dry valley provides evidence of
upright brome and sheep’s fescue.[269]
Wicklesham and Coxwell Pits Green tickY 12.6 hectares
(31 acres)[270] 		Faringdon
51°38′42″N 1°34′44″W / 51.645°N 1.579°W / 51.645; -1.579 (Wicklesham and Coxwell Pits)
SU 292 941[270] 		GCR[271][272] Map Citation
Wolvercote Meadows Wolvercote Meadows Green tickY 7.1 hectares
(18 acres)[273] 		PP Oxford
51°46′59″N 1°17′53″W / 51.783°N 1.298°W / 51.783; -1.298 (Wolvercote Meadows)
SP 485 096[273] 		SAC[56] Map Citation These meadows next to the River Thames are traditionally managed for pasture and hay, and they have a rich flora. The largest, which is called Great Baynham's Meadow, is used as pasture, and the other fields are managed for hay with grazing in the autumn. There are also watercourses which have many dragonflies.[274]
Woodeaton Quarry Woodeaton Quarry Green tickY 7.3 hectares
(18 acres)[275] 		YES Oxford
51°48′22″N 1°13′41″W / 51.806°N 1.228°W / 51.806; -1.228 (Woodeaton Quarry)
SP 533 122[275] 		GCR[276] Map Citation This site exposes a sequence of rocks dating to the Middle Jurassic around 167 million years ago. It exhibits one of the most complete Bathonian sections in the county, and is described by Natural England as "of great palaeontological and sedimentological interest".[277]
Woodeaton Wood Woodeaton Wood Green tickY 14.0 hectares
(35 acres)[278] 		NO Oxford
51°47′46″N 1°13′05″W / 51.796°N 1.218°W / 51.796; -1.218 (Woodeaton Wood)
SP 540 111[278] 		Map Citation This
early dog-violet and enchanter's nightshade.[279]
Wormsley Chalk Banks Wormsley Chalk Banks Green tickY 14.8 hectares
(37 acres)[280] 		PP Stokenchurch
51°38′02″N 0°55′34″W / 51.634°N 0.926°W / 51.634; -0.926 (Wormsley Chalk Banks)
SU 744 934[280] 		Map[d] Citation The site has chalk grassland which is rich in both plant and invertebrate species which have sharply declined nationally. Flowers include
slowworms.[281]
Worsham Lane Green tickY 0.4 hectares
(0.99 acres)[282] 		Witney
51°47′02″N 1°33′22″W / 51.784°N 1.556°W / 51.784; -1.556 (Worsham Lane)
SP 307 096[282] 		Map Citation
Wychwood Wychwood Green tickY 501.7 hectares
(1,240 acres)[283] 		PP Witney
51°51′04″N 1°30′43″W / 51.851°N 1.512°W / 51.851; -1.512 (Wychwood)
SP 337 170[283]
NCR,[284] NNR,[285] SM[286]
 Map Citation This remnant of a large royal hunting forest is the largest area of ancient broadleaved forest in the county, and the site also has limestone grassland and four
liverworts. The invertebrate fauna is diverse, including 17 rare flies.[287]
Wytham Ditches and Flushes Wytham Ditches and Flushes Green tickY 2.7 hectares
(6.7 acres)[288] 		NO Wytham
51°47′06″N 1°19′37″W / 51.785°N 1.327°W / 51.785; -1.327 (Wytham Ditches and Flushes)
SP 465 098[288] 		Map Citation These ditches have a rich aquatic and fen flora. Uncommon wetland plants include
creeping jenny. There is also a small tussocky field which is kept partly waterlogged by flushes.[289]
Wytham Woods Wytham Wood Green tickY 423.8 hectares
(1,047 acres)[290] 		YES Wytham
51°46′08″N 1°19′48″W / 51.769°N 1.330°W / 51.769; -1.330 (Wytham Woods)
SP 463 080[290]
NCR[290]
 Map Citation Habitats in this site, which formerly belonged to
Oxford University. More than 900 species of beetles, 580 of flies, 200 of spiders, 700 of bees, wasps and ant, 250 of true bugs and 27 of earthworms have been recorded.[291]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b The area and grid reference are taken from the "Details" page for each site on the Natural England database.[2]
  2. ^ The maps are provided by Natural England on the Magic Map website.
  3. ^ Citations are provided for each site by Natural England.
  4. ^ a b c This site is partly in Buckinghamshire.

References

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