Charnage Down Chalk Pit (grid reference ST837329 ) is a 3.7 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England, lying east of the town of Mere. The former quarry site was notified in 1971 for its importance in the study of chalk rock from the late Turonian and Coniacian ages.
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West Harnham Chalk Pit is a 2.8 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England, notified in 1971. Although named for the West Harnham area in the southwest of the city of Salisbury, the site lies in Netherhampton civil parish.
Upton Cow Down is a 16.4 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire. The down is an area of chalk grassland on the western edge of Salisbury Plain. It lies one mile south of the town of Westbury, above the village of Upton Scudamore.
Throope Down is a 34.4 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England, on chalk grassland in Bishopstone parish south-east of Salisbury. The site was notified in 1971 and again in 1986.
Stratford Toney Down is a 23.1 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England, which was notified in 1987. The site lies in a shallow dry valled in the south of Stratford Tony parish, about 5 miles (7.5 km) south-west of Salisbury. It is important for the botanically rich chalk grassland – mainly sheep's fescue and meadow oat-grass – which supports several nationally rare plant and butterfly species.
Burcombe Down is an area of chalk grassland situated on a north-facing scarp slope to the south of Burcombe in Wiltshire, England. Because of its species-rich plant communities, an area of 47.1 hectares of the Down has been notified as a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, notification originally taking place in 1971.
Ebsbury Down is a 132-acre (53 ha) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England, notified in 1975.
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