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This is an area of unimproved and traditionally managed species-rich meadows which support a neutral grassland community of a type which is now rare throughout
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The meadows are bounded by hedges supporting numerous species including
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Biological Sites of
Special Scientific Interest in Avon
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Neutral grassland Sites of
Special Scientific Interest
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Sites of
Special Scientific Interest notified in 1989
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4.3 hectares (0.043 km; 0.017 sq mi)
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457:English Nature citation sheet for the site
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1169:Bath and North East Somerset
630:Horseshoe Bend, Shirehampton
585:Congrove Field and The Tumps
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166:Natural England website
19:Plaster's Green Meadows
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700:St. Catherine's Valley
595:Ellenborough Park West
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520:Biddle Street, Yatton
275:) are also frequent.
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1013:Chew Magna Reservoir
308:Devil’s-bit Scabious
192:near the village of
116:51.34704°N 2.67335°W
1251:Meadows in Somerset
1060:Barns Batch Spinney
810:Towns and villages:
570:Cleeve Wood, Hanham
320:Stachys officinalis
284:Serratuta tinctoria
273:Trisetum flavescens
237:Cynosurus cristatus
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1090:Emborough Quarries
922:Nempnett Thrubwell
747:Neighbouring areas
525:Bishop's Hill Wood
421:Fraxinus excelsior
380:Crataegus monogyna
249:Crested Dog’s-tail
241:Sweet Vernal-grass
233:Crested Dog’s-tail
194:Nempnett Thrubwell
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312:Succisa pratensis
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1008:Blagdon Lake
967:Temple Cloud
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720:Upton Coombe
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1001:Reservoirs:
803:Chew Valley
685:Puxton Moor
660:Middle Hope
650:Lower Woods
635:Iford Manor
409:Field Maple
393:English Elm
265:Briza media
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94:Coordinates
1225:Categories
1210:Yeo Valley
1152:Folly Farm
1095:Folly Farm
1039:River Chew
857:Chew Stoke
852:Chew Magna
705:Steep Holm
600:Folly Farm
510:Avon Gorge
340:Fairy Flax
135:Biological
104:51°20′49″N
1162:Councils:
1110:Lamb Leer
1044:River Yeo
917:Marksbury
902:Hunstrete
761:Wiltshire
735:Yanal Bog
680:Purn Hill
259:), while
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107:2°40′24″W
992:Woollard
972:Timsbury
932:Pensford
907:Keynsham
847:Chelwood
842:Camerton
817:Belluton
756:Somerset
385:Wych Elm
375:Hawthorn
280:Saw-wort
202:notified
182:ST532611
132:Interest
86:ST532611
70:Location
1032:Rivers:
987:Winford
872:Clutton
837:Cameley
832:Burnett
827:Blagdon
655:Max Bog
451:Sources
332:Cowslip
214:Rhaetic
187:hectare
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1053:SSSIs:
962:Stowey
937:Publow
912:Litton
665:Midger
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947:Regil
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401:Hazel
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