Monkswood Valley Explained

Monkswood Valley
Aos:	Avon
Interest:	Biological
Gridref:	ST754710
Area:	30.7 hectare
Notifydate:	1990
Map:	English Nature

Monkswood Valley is a 30.7-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) near the village of Cold Ashton, South Gloucestershire, notified in 1990.^[1]

Monkswood Reservoir, built in 1896 and now owned by Wessex Water, is situated in the valley of the SSSI.^[2] ^[3] The SSSI is woodland and grassland on the sloping land north and south of the reservoir and its tributary.^[1]

The woodlands contain Fraxinus excelsior Acer campestre Mercurialis perennis (Ashfield MapleDog's Mercury) areas,^[4] which has limited distribution in Great Britain.^[1]

The SSSI has four areas: Monk Woods, Hunterwick Wood & Hartley Wood, Frys Farm and Valley.^[5] St. Catherine's Valley SSSI is immediately to the north-east.^[6]

The Gloucestershire Somerset border runs through the reservoir and SSSI. The SSSI is adjacent to the Limestone Link long-distance footpath.

External links

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51.4375°N -2.3553°W

Notes and References

Web site: Monkswood Valley (SSSI) . English Nature . https://web.archive.org/web/20061013122455/http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1005472.pdf . 13 October 2006.
Some Problems of Water Supply . F. P. Sissons . Journal of the Royal Sanitary Institute . LVI . 10 . 10.1177/146642403505601001 . April 1936 . 221040108 . 20 July 2020.
Book: Reservoir Safety and the Environment: Proceedings of the Eighth Conference of the British Dam Society Held at the University of Exeter, 14-17 September 1994 . 74–79 . Thomas Telford . 1994 . 9780727720108 . 20 July 2020.
Web site: British Fraxinus - Acer campestre - Mercurialis perennis forests . EUNIS habitat type G1.A22 . European Environment Agency . 2019 . 20 November 2020.
Web site: Monkswood Valley SSSI - Unit list . Natural England . 20 November 2020.
Web site: Monkswood Valley SSSI . Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs . MAGIC . 20 November 2020.