Hampen Railway Cutting

Hampen Railway Cutting
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location within Gloucestershire
LocationGloucestershire
Grid referenceSP062205
Coordinates51°53′01″N 1°54′38″W / 51.883477°N 1.910604°W / 51.883477; -1.910604
InterestGeological
Area3.9 hectares (9.6 acres)
Notification1974
Natural England website

Hampen Railway Cutting (grid reference SP062205) is a 3.9-hectare (9.6-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1974.[1][2] The site is listed in the Cotswold District Local Plan 2001–2011 as a Key Wildlife Site (KWS) and Regionally Important Geological Site (RIGS).[3][4]

Location and geology

The site lies in the Cotswolds National Landscape Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is considered one of the best exposures of the Hampen Marly Formation of the Middle Jurassic period. It is a prime research site for understanding the variations in rocks of this age between the Cotswold shelf and the Wessex area.[1]

The site is a sub-unit of the Great Oolite Group and exposes the upper parts of the Hampen, Fuller's Earth and Taynton Limestone formations and the lower parts of the White Limestone Formation.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Natural England SSSI information on the citation
  2. ^ Cotswold District Local Plan, Appendix 1, Sites of Special Scientific Interest Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Cotswold District Local Plan, Appendix 2, Key Wildlife Sites Archived 2013-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Cotswold District Local Plan, Appendix 3, Regionally Important Geological Sites Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Cox, B. M.; Sumbler, M. G. (2002). "3". British Middle Jurassic Stratigraphy. Geological Conservation Review Series No. 26. Peterborough: Joint Nature Conservation Committee. ISBN 978-1-86107-479-9. Archived from the original on 13 April 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.

SSSI sources


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