Wainlode Cliff

Wainlode Cliff
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Wainlode Cliff
Location within Gloucestershire
Area of Search	Gloucestershire
Grid reference	SO845257
Coordinates	51°55′48″N 2°13′34″W / 51.930046°N 2.226104°W / 51.930046; -2.226104Coordinates: 51°55′48″N 2°13′34″W / 51.930046°N 2.226104°W / 51.930046; -2.226104
Interest	Geological
Area	1.3 hectare
Notification	1954
Natural England website

Wainlode Cliff (grid reference SO845257) is a 1.3 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1954.^[1]^[2] It overlooks Hasfield Ham.

Geology

This an historic locality which was first described in 1842 and shows a seven metre section of Rhaetian age. The site mains the regional two-fold division of Westbury and Cotham Beds. The Insect Limestone, which is a productive source of insects, defines the base of the Lias.^[1]

Sources

References

1 2 Natural England SSSI information on citation, map and unit details
↑ Tewkesbury Borough Local Plan to 2011, adopted March 2006, Appendix 3 'Nature Conservation', Sites of Special Scientific Interest

External links

English Nature (SSSI information)

View from above Wainlode Cliff overlooking Hasfield Ham

Geological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire

Summarised data for all sites (biological and geological)

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Neighbouring areas Avon Hereford and Worcester Oxfordshire Wiltshire

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