Bickley Wood (grid reference ST644703) is a 9.5 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest just north of River Avon, near the village of Longwell Green, Avon, notified in 1988. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... A hectare (symbol ha) is a unit of area, equal to 10,000 square meters, commonly used for measuring land area. ... The Avon Gorge and Clifton Suspension Bridge The River Avon is a river in the south west of England. ... Longwell Green is a suburb of the east fringe of Bristol, located alongside the river Avon and the A4174 ring road. ... Look up Avon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A Site of Special Scientific Interest or SSSI is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. ...
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English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 9 July 2006)
Geological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Avon
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Aust Cliff | Avon Gorge | Banwell Caves | Banwell Ochre Caves | Barnhill Quarry | Barns Batch Spinney | Bickley Wood | Bleadon Hill | Bourne | Bowlditch Quarry | Brinkmarsh Quarry | Brown's Folly | Buckover Road Cutting | Burrington Combe | Cattybrook Brickpit | Clevedon Shore | Compton Martin Ochre Mine | Court Hill | Cullimore's Quarry | Damery Road Section | Dundry Main Road South Quarry | Gordano Valley | Ham Green | Hampton Rocks Cutting | Hartcliff Rocks Quarry | Hawkesbury Quarry | Hinton Charterhouse Pit | Hinton Hill, Wellow | Holly Lane | Huish Colliery Quarry | Kenn Church, Kenn Pier & Yew Tree Farm | Kilmersdon Road Quarry | Lower Woods | Lulsgate Quarry | Middle Hope | Newton St. Loe | Nightingale Valley | North Road Quarry, Bath | Portishead Pier to Black Nore | Quarry Steps, Durdham Down | Severn Estuary | Slickstones Quarry, Cromhall | Spring Cove Cliffs | Stidham Farm | Tytherington Quarry | Weston-in-Gordano | Winterbourne Railway Cutting | Writhlington Neighbouring areas: Gloucestershire | Somerset | Wiltshire Look up Avon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Avon Gorge and Clifton Suspension Bridge, looking south from the Downs The Avon Gorge (Grid reference ST560743) is a 2. ... Banwell Caves (Grid reference ST383588) are a 1. ... Banwell Ochre Caves (grid reference ST407593) are a 12. ... Barns Batch Spinney (Grid reference ST557659) is a 0. ... Bleadon Hill (grid reference ST351574) is a 13. ... Browns Folly (Grid reference ST793662) is a 39. ... Burrington Combe is a gorge on the north side of the Mendip hills, in Somerset, England. ... Compton Martin Ochre Mine (Grid reference ST543566) is a 0. ... Dundry Main Road South Quarry (Grid reference ST566654) is a 0. ... Gordano (or the Gordano Valley) is an area of North Somerset, in England. ... Hartcliff Rocks Quarry (Grid reference ST534662) is a 1. ... Lulsgate Quarry (Grid reference ST516659) is a 1. ... The location of the Bristol Channel The Severn Bridge and Bristol Channel, looking northwestward from England towards Wales The Bristol Channel coast at Ilfracombe, North Devon, looking west towards Lee Bay The Bristol Channel is a major inlet in the island of Great Britain, separating South Wales from South West...
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