| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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  Location within Berkshire | |
| Location | Berkshire |
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| Grid reference | SU 580 633 [1] |
| Coordinates | 51°21′58″N1°10′05″W / 51.366°N 1.168°W Coordinates: 51°21′58″N1°10′05″W / 51.366°N 1.168°W |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 13.5 hectares (33 acres) [1] |
| Notification | 1984 [1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Wasing Wood Ponds is a 13.5-hectare (33-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Aldermaston in Berkshire. [1] [2]
The site is a group of ponds, wet ditches and marshy areas partly in the Woods and partly on open ground formerly excavated for gravel. [3]
It is in two different areas, which are private land, but a public footpath crosses one of them.
The site has the following animals [3] [4]
The site has the following Flora: [4]
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