Prior's Park & Adcombe Wood

Coordinates: 50°56′50″N 3°06′09″W / 50.9471°N 3.1026°W / 50.9471; -3.1026
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Prior's Park & Adcombe Wood
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Adcombe Wood
Prior's Park & Adcombe Wood is located in Somerset
Prior's Park & Adcombe Wood
Location within Somerset
LocationSomerset
Grid referenceST225170
Coordinates50°56′50″N 3°06′09″W / 50.9471°N 3.1026°W / 50.9471; -3.1026
InterestBiological
Area103.6 hectares (1.036 km2; 0.400 sq mi)
Notification1952 (1952)
Natural England website

Prior's Park & Adcombe Wood (grid reference ST225170) is a 103.6 hectare (256.0 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Pitminster in Somerset, notified in 1952.

Prior's Park and Adcombe Wood have excellent examples of several of the broadleaved semi-natural woodland types associated with the Blackdown Hills. Additional interest lies in the occurrence of several areas of unimproved marshy grassland. This site, which is partly managed by the Somerset Wildlife Trust, is situated on the north facing slopes of the Blackdown Hills, overlooking the Vale of Taunton Deane.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Prior's Park & Adcombe Wood" (PDF). English Nature. Retrieved 19 August 2006.