Dancersend Waterworks
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationBuckinghamshire
Grid referenceSP906090
InterestBiological
Area4.0 hectares
Notification1989
Location mapMagic Map

Dancersend Waterworks is a 4-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Spencersgreen south of Aston Clinton in Buckinghamshire. It was formerly a private waterworks supplying the Rothschild Dancersend estate, and is now owned by Thames Water. It is in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[1][2] A cooling pond within the Thames Water site is a Grade II listed building.[3]

The site is an area of artificial banks, basins and plateaux in a chalk valley bottom, which has an unusually wide variety of herbs, grasses and shrubs. There is a badger sett and a range of butterfly and bird species. Grassland areas are rich in orchids, and there is some scrub and woodland.[1]

The site on Bottom Road has no public access.

References

  1. ^ a b "Dancersend Waterworks citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Map of Dancersend Waterworks". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Cooling Pond, List entry Number: 1418490". Historic England. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
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