Blackwater Valley

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Blackwater Valley
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Location within Berkshire
Location Berkshire
Hampshire
Grid reference SU 847 605 [1]
Coordinates 51°20′13″N0°47′06″W / 51.337°N 0.785°W / 51.337; -0.785 Coordinates: 51°20′13″N0°47′06″W / 51.337°N 0.785°W / 51.337; -0.785
InterestBiological
Area33.9 hectares (84 acres) [1]
Notification 1992 [1]
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Blackwater Valley is a 33.9-hectare (84-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Sandhurst in Berkshire and Blackwater in Hampshire. [1] [2]

The River Blackwater runs through the site, which also has wet valley alder wood, swamp and alluvial meadows. The meadows have several species of flora associated with ancient grassland and they are a nationally rare and threatened habitat. An area of deciduous woodland has the rare sedge, Carex elongata . [3]

The Blackwater Valley Path runs through the site and part of it is the Shepherd Meadows nature reserve, which is open to the public. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Blackwater Valley". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  2. "Map of Blackwater Valley". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  3. "Blackwater Valley citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  4. "Shepherd Meadows and Sandhurst Memorial Park". Bracknell Forest Council. Retrieved 13 October 2019.