Dry Sandford Pit

Dry Sandford Pit is a 4.2-hectare former sand quarry and now a biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Abingdon-on-Thames in Oxfordshire.

Photo: Des Blenkinsopp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hitchcopse Pit and Parsonage Moor.

Hitchcopse Pit

Nature reserve

Hitchcopse Pit is a 3-hectare nature reserve north-west of Abingdon-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. It is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.

Parsonage Moor

Nature reserve

Parsonage Moor is a 6-hectare nature reserve north-west of Abingdon-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. It is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.

Lashford Lane Fen

Nature reserve

Photo: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lashford Lane Fen is a 7-hectare nature reserve north of Dry Sandford in Oxfordshire. It is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abingdon-on-Thames and Cumnor.

Abingdon-on-Thames is in Oxfordshire on the River Thames about 7 miles south of Oxford. It is a busy market town with a good choice of shops, pubs and restaurants. It sits aside the River Thames and having an attractive County Hall.

Cumnor

Village

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Cumnor is a village and civil parish 3½ miles west of the centre of Oxford, England. The village is about 2 miles south-west of Botley and its centre is west of the A420 road to Swindon.

Wootton

Village

Photo: Motacilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wootton is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse about 3 miles north-west of Abingdon. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.

Dry Sandford Pit

Type: Nature reserve
Description: UK Site of Special Scientific Interest
Categories: Site of Special Scientific Interest and recreation area
Location: St. Helen Without, Vale of White Horse District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.6926° or 51° 41′ 33″ north

Longitude

-1.325° or 1° 19′ 30″ west

Open location code

9C3WMMVG+22

OpenStreetMap ID

way 38868288

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

Wikidata ID

Q88484716

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bessel’s Meadow and Cothill House.

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