Aldbury Nowers

Aldbury Nowers
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search Hertfordshire
Grid reference SP952135
Interest Biological
Area 19.7 hectares
Notification 1990
Location map Magic Map

Aldbury Nowers is a 19.7 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) north-east of Tring in Hertfordshire. The site was notified in 1990 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.[1][2] It is managed by the Hertfordshire and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. The site, formerly known as "Duchie's Piece," comprises two areas of hillside, linked by The Ridgeway. The site hosts the flowers of chalk grassland and has butterfly habitats with several different species of butterfly including the Duke of Burgundy, hairstreaks and the Essex skipper. There are also large areas of woodland and calcareous grassland.[1][3]

Northwest of the village of Aldbury, it adjoins the Pitstone Hill SSSI in Buckinghamshire and provides views over the Tring Gap and Vale of Aylesbury.[1][3]

The site is always open and there is access by a footpath from Northfield Road.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Aldbury Nowers" (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 21 February 2006.
  2. ↑ "Map of Aldbury Nowers". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "Aldbury Nowers". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-01-07.

Coordinates: 51°48′42″N 0°37′08″W / 51.811569°N 0.618893°W / 51.811569; -0.618893

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