Chimney Meadows
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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Location | Oxfordshire |
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Grid reference | SP 352 000[1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 49.6 hectares (123 acres)[1] |
Notification | 1986[1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Chimney Meadows is a 49.6-hectare (123-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Abingdon-on-Thames and Faringdon in Oxfordshire.[1][2] It is also a national nature reserve,[3] and part of the 308-hectare (760-acre) Chimney Meadows nature reserve, which is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.[4]
This site, which consists of six botanically rich alluvial meadows, is bordered on the south by the River Thames. The meadows are intersected by ditches, most of which are covered in reed canary-grass. The most common grasses are crested dog's-tail, creeping bent, perennial rye-grass, hairy sedge and glaucous sedge.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Chimney Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "Map of Chimney Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "Designated Sites View: Chimney Meadows". National Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ "Chimney Meadows". Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ^ "Chimney Meadows citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
External links
- Map of Chimney Meadows
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- Alvescot Meadows
- Appleton Lower Common
- Ardley Cutting and Quarry
- Arncott Bridge Meadows
- Ashdown Park
- Aston Rowant
- Aston Rowant Woods
- Aston Upthorpe Downs
- Barrow Farm Fen
- Bear, Oveys and Great Bottom Woods
- Berins Hill Bank
- Berrick Trench
- Bestmoor
- Bix Bottom
- Blenheim Park
- Bould Wood
- Brasenose Wood and Shotover Hill
- Buckland Warren
- Cassington Meadows
- Chimney Meadows
- Chinnor Hill
- Cothill Fen
- Culham Brake
- Dry Sandford Pit
- Ducklington Mead
- Fernham Meadows
- Frilford Heath, Ponds and Fens
- Glyme Valley
- Grafton Lock Meadow
- Hackpen, Warren & Gramp's Hill Downs
- Harpsden Wood
- Hartslock
- Holly Court Bank
- Holly Wood
- Holton Wood
- Hook Meadow and The Trap Grounds
- Hook Norton Cutting and Banks
- Hurst Hill
- Iffley Meadows
- Knightsbridge Lane
- Lambridge Wood
- Langley's Lane Meadow
- Little Tew Meadows
- Little Wittenham
- Lye Valley
- Middle Barton Fen
- Moulsford Downs
- Murcott Meadows
- New Marston Meadows
- Otmoor
- Out Wood
- Pishill Woods
- Pixey and Yarnton Meads
- Port Meadow with Wolvercote Common and Green
- Reed Hill
- Rushy Meadows
- Salt Way, Ditchley
- Sarsgrove Wood
- Sheep's Banks
- Shirburn Hill
- Sidling's Copse and College Pond
- Spartum Fen
- Stanton Great Wood
- Stonesfield Common, Bottoms and Banks
- Sturt Copse
- Swyncombe Downs
- Tuckmill Meadows
- Warren Bank
- Waterperry Wood
- Watlington and Pyrton Hills
- Wendlebury Meads and Mansmoor Closes
- Weston Fen
- Westwell Gorse
- Whitecross Green and Oriel Woods
- Whitehill Wood
- Whitehorse Hill
- Wolvercote Meadows
- Woodeaton Wood
- Wormsley Chalk Banks
- Worsham Lane
- Wychwood
- Wytham Ditches and Flushes
- Wytham Woods
- Ardley Cutting and Quarry
- Ardley Trackways
- Aston Rowant Cutting
- Chinnor Chalk Pit
- Cothill Fen
- Cumnor
- Ditchley Road Quarry
- Dry Sandford Pit
- Highlands Farm Pit
- Hook Norton Cutting and Banks
- Horsehay Quarries
- Hurst Hill
- Kirtlington Quarry
- Lamb and Flag Quarry
- Littlemore Railway Cutting
- Littleworth Brick Pit
- Long Hanborough Gravel Pit
- Lyehill Quarry
- Magdalen Grove
- Magdalen Quarry
- Neithrop Fields Cutting
- Priest's Hill
- Rock Edge
- Sharp's Hill Quarry
- Shellingford Crossroads Quarry
- Shipton-on-Cherwell and Whitehill Farm Quarries
- Stanton Harcourt
- Stonesfield Slate Mines
- Stratton Audley Quarries
- Sugworth
- Taynton Quarries
- Whitehorse Hill
- Wicklesham and Coxwell Pits
- Woodeaton Quarry