West Woodhay Down Explained

West Woodhay Down
Aos:	Berkshire Hampshire
Displaymap:	Berkshire
Interest:	Biological
Coordinates:	51.353°N -1.447°W
Area:	1.5ha
Notifydate:	1985
Map:	Magic Map

West Woodhay Down is a 1.5abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Berkshire and Hampshire. It is lowland Calcareous grassland with a northwest facing bank, and forms part of the northern slopes of Walbury Hill and Combe Hill. The site was formerly included as part of Inkpen and Walbury Hills SSSI.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

West Woodhay Down is in the civil parishes of West Woodhay and East Woodhay, to the south-west of the town of Newbury. West Woodhay parish is within the unitary authority area of West Berkshire and the ceremonial county of Berkshire, whilst East Woodhay is within the district of Basingstoke and Deane in the administrative county of Hampshire.^{[1] [5]}

Flora

The site has the following Flora:^[4]

• Bromus erectus
• Blackstonia perfoliata
• Leontodon autumnalis
• Linum catharticum
• Galium cruciata
• Asperula cynanchica
• Primula veris
• Scabiosa columbaria
• Reseda lutea
• Sanguisorba minor
• Gymnadenia conopsea
• Anacamptis pyramidalis
• Helianthemum nummularium
• Centaurea scabiosa
• Campanula rotundifolia
• Listera ovata
• Herminium monorchis
• Coeloglossum viride
• Polygala calcarea
• Saxifraga granulata
• Crataegus
• Whitebeam
• Crataegus monogyna

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: West Woodhay Down . Sites of Special Scientific Interest . Natural England . 3 March 2020 . live . 7 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220607131527/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1004081&SiteName=wood&countyCode=19&responsiblePerson=.
2. Web site: Map of West Woodhay Down. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 3 March 2020.
3. Web site: Condition of SSSI Units for Site West Woodhay Down SSSI . Natural england . 2017-03-06.
4. Web site: SITE NAME: WEST WOODHAY DOWN . PDF . 2017-03-06 . 2017-03-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170307124027/https://necmsi.esdm.co.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1004081.pdf . dead.
5. Explorer 158: Newbury & Hungerford . . 9780319243510.