Inkpen Common SSSI explained

Inkpen Common
Aos:	Berkshire
Interest:	Biological
Coordinates:	51.375°N -1.454°W
Area:	12.8ha
Notifydate:	1983
Map:	Magic Map

Inkpen Common or Inkpen Great Common is a 12.8abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Inkpen in Berkshire.^{[1] [2]} It is managed as a nature reserve by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.^[3]

This is a surviving fragment of the former Inkpen Common is located between the hamlets of Hell Corner and Inkpen Common. It is mainly damp heathland, with small areas of marsh, woods and bracken. Flora on the heath include purple moor grass, common gorse, lousewort, lesser dodder and the only surviving colony in Berkshire of pale heath violet.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Inkpen Common . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 17 October 2019.
2. Web site: Map of Inkpen Common. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 17 October 2019.
3. Web site: Inkpen Common . Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust . 17 October 2019.
4. Web site: Inkpen Common citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 17 October 2019.