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Windsor Forest and Great Park
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationBerkshire
Surrey
Grid referenceSU 952 725[1]
InterestBiological
Area1,778.9 hectares (4,396 acres)[1]
Notification2000[1]
Location mapMagic Map

Windsor Forest and Great Park is a 1,778.9-hectare (4,396-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Berkshire and Surrey, located south of Windsor.[1][2] It is a Special Area of Conservation[3] and Windsor Forest is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I.[4] Landscaped woodland gardens are Grade I listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest.[5] Windsor Great Park is a Royal Park of 2,020 hectares (5,000 acres), including a deer park,[6]

This large site has woodland with many ancient trees and large areas of parkland. It is second only to the New Forest for the diversity of its invertebrates, including many Red Data Book beetles and flies. There is an internationally important population of the violet click beetle. The fungi species are very diverse, including some which are extremely rare.[7]

  1. ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Windsor Forest and Great Park". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Map of Windsor Forest and Great Park". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Designated Sites View: Windsor Forest & Great Park". Special Areas of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  4. ^ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 51. ISBN 0521-21403-3.
  5. ^ "The Royal Estate, Windsor: Savill Garden and Valley Gardens". Historic England. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Windsor Great Park". The Crown Estate. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Windsor Forest and Great Park citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 21 November 2018.

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