Dancersend Waterworks
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| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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| Location | Buckinghamshire |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | SP906090 |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 4.0 hectares |
| Notification | 1989 |
| Location map | Magic 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.
