Dry Sandford Pit
Dry Sandford Pit is a 4.2-hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Abingdon-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. It is a Geological Conservation Review site and it is managed as a nature reserve by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.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
Photo: Andrew Gray, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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″ northLongitude
-1.325° or 1° 19′ 30″ westOpen location code
9C3WMMVG+22OpenStreetMap ID
way 38868288OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveWikidata ID
Q88484716
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