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Uphill Cliff (grid reference ST318583 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Uphill , North Somerset , although it is in the Avon Area of Search used by English Nature which is based on the 1974-1996 county system .[1]
Uphill Cliff looking North East. At the top is the Old Church of St Nicholas
The site was notified as an SSSI in 1952 and the area increased in a 1984 Revision. The site excludes Uphill Church and grounds.
It consists of species-rich calcareous grassland and rock-face situated on Carboniferous Limestone. Steeper banks and knolls in the grassland have a flora which includes orchids Somerset Hair Grass (Koeleria vallesiana Trinia glauca Galatella linosyris butterfly and Weevil (Curculionoidea ).[2]
The site is approximately co-terminus with two local nature reserves , Uphill Hill and Walborough Common.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
References [ edit ]
^ "Uphill Cliff" (PDF) . English Nature's SSSI Information . Retrieved 27 January 2007 .
^ "Uphill Hill Local Nature Reserve, Nr Weston super Mare" . Avon Local Nature Reserves. Archived from the original on 19 November 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2015 .
^ "Sand Bay & Sand Point" . Visit Somerset. Retrieved 28 December 2017 .
^ "Uphill Hill" . Natural England. Retrieved 18 September 2015 .
^ "Walborough" . Avon Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 26 August 2015 .
^ "MAGIC map" . UK Government. Retrieved 18 September 2015 .
^ "Walborough Common" . Natural England. Retrieved 18 September 2015 .
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