Winsley Mines

Winsley Mines (grid reference ST795607) is a 1.48 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, near the village of Winsley in Wiltshire, England, notified in 1989.

The site is a hibernation roost for the Greater Horseshoe bat, and forms part of the Bath and Bradford-on-Avon Bats Special Area of Conservation.

Sources

English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 31 July 2006)
"Bath and Bradford-on-Avon Bats Special Area of Conservation" (PDF). Natural England. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2021.

External links

English Nature website (SSSI information)
Winsley Quarries – Bradford on Avon Museum, November 2011

Biological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire

Neighbouring areas: Avon; Berkshire; Dorset; Gloucestershire; Hampshire; Oxfordshire; Somerset

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