Aston Clinton Ragpits
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Area of Search | Buckinghamshire |
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Grid reference | SP919136 |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 2.9 hectares |
Notification | 1984 |
Location map | Magic Map |
Aston Clinton Ragpits is a 2.9 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Aston Clinton in Buckinghamshire. It is a former chalk quarry, which is now a nature reserve managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.[1][2] It is in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[3]
This grassland site has steeply sloping old pits and spoil heaps, with a rich assembly of shrubs, herbs and invertebrates, including twenty-seven butterfly species. There is some mature woodland with beech, yew, ash and whitebeam, together with a hedge and areas of scrub.[1] There are eight orchid species.[4]
There is access from St Leonards Road close to its junction with Upper Icknield Way.
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