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Ebsbury Down (grid reference SU054352) is a 132-acre (53 ha) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England, notified in 1975.

It lies on the southern slopes of the Wylye valley, adjacent to Grovely Wood and west of Great Wishford village. The diverse chalk grassland has a variety of plants and some prominent anthills.

Sources

"Ebsbury Down SSSI" (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 24 March 2022.

External links

Natural England website (SSSI information)

v t e Biological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire
Acres Farm Meadow River Avon System Baverstock Juniper Bank Bencroft Hill Meadows Bentley Wood Bincknoll Dip Woods Blackmoor Copse Botley Down Bowerchalke Downs Box Mine Bracknell Croft Bradley Woods Bratton Downs Brickworth Down and Dean Hill Brimsdown Hill Britford Water Meadows Burcombe Down Burderop Wood Calstone and Cherhill Downs Camp Down Chilmark Quarries Chickengrove Bottom Chilton Foliat Meadows Clattinger Farm Clearbury Down Cley Hill Cloatley Manor Farm Meadows Clout's Wood Coate Water Cockey Down Colerne Park and Monk's Wood The Coombes, Hinton Parva Cotswold Water Park Cranborne Chase Dank's Down and Truckle Hill Distillery Farm Meadows East Harnham Meadows Ebsbury Down Emmett Hill Meadows Figsbury Ring Fonthill Grottoes Fyfield Down Gallows Hill Goldborough Farm Meadows Great Cheverell Hill Great Yews Gutch Common Ham Hill Hang Wood Harries Ground, Rodbourne Haydon Meadow Heath Hill Farm Homington and Coombe Bissett Downs Honeybrook Farm Inwood, Warleigh Jones's Mill River Kennet Kennet and Lambourn Floodplain King's Play Hill Knapp and Barnett's Downs Knighton Downs and Wood Landford Bog Landford Heath Langley Wood and Homan's Copse Little Grubbins Meadow Long Knoll Loosehanger Copse and Meadows Lower Coombe and Ferne Brook Meadows Lower Woodford Water Meadows Midford Valley Woods Morgan's Hill The New Forest North Meadow, Cricklade Odstock Down Out Woods Parsonage Down Pewsey Downs Picket and Clanger Wood Piggledene Pike Corner Pincombe Down Porton Down Porton Meadows Prescombe Down Rack Hill Ravensroost Wood Restrop Farm and Brockhurst Wood Rotherley Downs Roundway Down and Covert Salisbury Plain Savernake Forest Scratchbury & Cotley Hills Silbury Hill Spye Park Starveall and Stony Down Steeple Langford Down Stockton Wood and Down Stoke Common Meadows Stratford Toney Down Sutton Lane Meadows Throope Down River Till Tytherington Down Upper Waterhay Meadow Upton Cow Down West Yatton Down Whiteparish Common Whitesheet Hill Win Green Down Winklebury Hill Winsley Mines Wylye and Church Dean Downs Yarnbury Castle
Neighbouring areas Avon Berkshire Dorset Gloucestershire Hampshire Oxfordshire Somerset

Biological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire

Acres Farm Meadow
River Avon System
Baverstock Juniper Bank
Bencroft Hill Meadows
Bentley Wood
Bincknoll Dip Woods
Blackmoor Copse
Botley Down
Bowerchalke Downs
Box Mine
Bracknell Croft
Bradley Woods
Bratton Downs
Brickworth Down and Dean Hill
Brimsdown Hill
Britford Water Meadows
Burcombe Down
Burderop Wood
Calstone and Cherhill Downs
Camp Down
Chilmark Quarries
Chickengrove Bottom
Chilton Foliat Meadows
Clattinger Farm
Clearbury Down
Cley Hill
Cloatley Manor Farm Meadows
Clout's Wood
Coate Water
Cockey Down
Colerne Park and Monk's Wood
The Coombes, Hinton Parva
Cotswold Water Park
Cranborne Chase
Dank's Down and Truckle Hill
Distillery Farm Meadows
East Harnham Meadows
Ebsbury Down
Emmett Hill Meadows
Figsbury Ring
Fonthill Grottoes
Fyfield Down
Gallows Hill
Goldborough Farm Meadows
Great Cheverell Hill
Great Yews
Gutch Common
Ham Hill
Hang Wood
Harries Ground, Rodbourne
Haydon Meadow
Heath Hill Farm
Homington and Coombe Bissett Downs
Honeybrook Farm
Inwood, Warleigh
Jones's Mill
River Kennet
Kennet and Lambourn Floodplain
King's Play Hill
Knapp and Barnett's Downs
Knighton Downs and Wood
Landford Bog
Landford Heath
Langley Wood and Homan's Copse
Little Grubbins Meadow
Long Knoll
Loosehanger Copse and Meadows
Lower Coombe and Ferne Brook Meadows
Lower Woodford Water Meadows
Midford Valley Woods
Morgan's Hill
The New Forest
North Meadow, Cricklade
Odstock Down
Out Woods
Parsonage Down
Pewsey Downs
Picket and Clanger Wood
Piggledene
Pike Corner
Pincombe Down
Porton Down
Porton Meadows
Prescombe Down
Rack Hill
Ravensroost Wood
Restrop Farm and Brockhurst Wood
Rotherley Downs
Roundway Down and Covert
Salisbury Plain
Savernake Forest
Scratchbury & Cotley Hills
Silbury Hill
Spye Park
Starveall and Stony Down
Steeple Langford Down
Stockton Wood and Down
Stoke Common Meadows
Stratford Toney Down
Sutton Lane Meadows
Throope Down
River Till
Tytherington Down
Upper Waterhay Meadow
Upton Cow Down
West Yatton Down
Whiteparish Common
Whitesheet Hill
Win Green Down
Winklebury Hill
Winsley Mines
Wylye and Church Dean Downs
Yarnbury Castle

Neighbouring areas: Avon; Berkshire; Dorset; Gloucestershire; Hampshire; Oxfordshire; Somerset

51°06′58″N 1°55′27″W / 51.11607°N 1.92423°W / 51.11607; -1.92423

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