It was notified as a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1966.

A 1.82 hectare area was notified as a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1985.

It is also a 23.5 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, notified in 1952.

It has been designated as a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest because of the invertebrate population.

Nearby Ham Hill is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Most of it is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest.

It is a nature reserve and biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, notified in 1971.

Stowell Meadow is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest.

The down is a 325.3 hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest, notified in 1951.

The meadow was notified as a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1971.