Coombe Hill (Cotswolds)

Coombe Hill

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Coombe Hill Lower slopes
Location within Gloucestershire
Location	Gloucestershire
Grid reference	ST765942
Coordinates	51.646101°N 2.341029°W / 51.646101; -2.341029
Interest	Biological
Area	15.4 hectare
Notification	1994
Natural England website

Coombe Hill (grid reference ST765942) is a 15.4-hectare (38-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1994.^[1][2]

The site lies within the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area. It is near Wotton-under-Edge. It is moderately steep, and mainly faces south.^[1]

Flora

The hill is a large, unimproved limestone grassland pasture area, with an ungrazed area and an edge of broadleaved woodland (along the western boundary). This site is of special notification because of its large area of flower rich grassland. It is specifically a site for the nationally rare Limestone Woundwort (Stachy alpina).^[1] A nearby site (Wotton Hill SSSI) supports this rare plant also.

References

1. Natural England SSSI information on the citation^{[permanent dead link‍]}
2. Stroud District Local Plan, adopted November 2005, Appendix 6 ‘Sites of Nature Conservation Interest’ Archived 2012-06-06 at the Wayback Machine

SSSI Source

• Natural England SSSI information on the citation^{[permanent dead link‍]}
• Natural England SSSI information on the Coombe Hill, Stroud units^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

• Natural England (SSSI information)

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  Looking towards Coombe Hill, Stroud
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  Lynchets on Coombe Hill, Stroud
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  Lynchets on Coombe Hill, Stroud