Aston Upthorpe Downs Explained

Aston Upthorpe Downs
Aos:	Oxfordshire
Interest:	Biological
Area:	38.5ha
Notifydate:	1992
Map:	Magic Map

Aston Upthorpe Downs is a 38.5abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Aston Upthorpe in Oxfordshire.^{[1] [2]} It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I.^[3]

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.^[4]

References

51.548°N -1.218°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Aston Upthorpe Downs. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 4 March 2020.
2. Web site: Map of Aston Upthorpe Downs. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 4 March 2020.
3. Book: Derek Ratcliffe

   . Derek . Ratcliffe . A Nature Conservation Review. 2 . 121. Derek Ratcliffe . Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, UK . 1977. 0521-21403-3 .

4. Web site: Aston Upthorpe Downs citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 4 March 2020.