Wildlife reserves · West Midlands
Dry Sandford Pit
Dry Sandford Pit — UK Site of Special Scientific Interest.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–4 h
- Best time of year
- Autumn & winter (migration & wildfowl)
- Nearest railway station
- Radley · 5.9 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Dry Sandford Pit is a wildlife reserve in the United Kingdom. Heritage designation: Site of Special Scientific Interest. Managed by Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. Wikidata describes it as: "UK Site of Special Scientific Interest". Coordinates: 51.6910°, -1.3260°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Cothill Fen SSSI
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Dry Sandford Pit SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Dry Sandford Pit is a 4.2-hectare (10-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Abingdon-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. It is a Geological Conservation Review site and it is managed as a nature reserve by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. This former sand quarry exposes a sequence of limestone rocks laid down in shallow coastal waters during the Oxfordian stage of the Jurassic, around 160 million years ago. It has many fossil ammonites. It has diverse calcareous habitats, including fen, grassland, scrub and heath. It is nationally important entomologically, especially for bees and wasps.
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- Coordinates
- 51.6910, -1.3260
- County
- Oxfordshire
- District
- Vale of White Horse
- Parish
- St Helen Without
- Postcode
- OX13 6JJ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon
- Nearest railway station
- Radley — 5.9 km
- Official site
- www.bbowt.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q88484716 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Dry Sandford Pit (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Quarry Face, Dry Sandford Pit - geograph.org.uk - 2676397.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Dry Sandford Pit?
- Dry Sandford Pit is in Oxfordshire, the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode OX13 6JJ), in the parish of St Helen Without.
- Who runs Dry Sandford Pit?
- Dry Sandford Pit is operated by Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.
- Is Dry Sandford Pit a listed building?
- Dry Sandford Pit is officially recognised as Site of Special Scientific Interest listed.
- Is Dry Sandford Pit a protected site?
- Yes — Dry Sandford Pit is part of the Cothill Fen SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Dry Sandford Pit SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is Dry Sandford Pit free to visit?
- Yes, Dry Sandford Pit is free to enter.
- How do I get to Dry Sandford Pit?
- The nearest railway station is Radley, about 5.9 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode OX13 6JJ.