Baron Hill Park
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location within Wales | |
Area of Search | West Gwynedd |
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Grid reference | SH6057976917 |
Coordinates | 53°16′15″N 4°05′32″W / 53.27086°N 4.092125°WCoordinates: 53°16′15″N 4°05′32″W / 53.27086°N 4.092125°W |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 112.43 ha |
Notification | 1980 |
Baron Hill Park is an area of parkland north of the town of Beaumaris on Anglesey. It is part of the ancestral land-holding of the Bulkley family and contains the ruins of the former ancestral home, Baron Hill.[1]
Some 112 Ha of parkland is also a designated Site of special scientific interest largely because the woodland has remained largely undisturbed over very many years and is now host to a very wide range of lichen species, mostly epiphytic on trees. The designation also reflected the species range of the lichens which are typical of a high-sunlight, low rainfall environment which is much more typical of southern England but is also characteristic of the benign micro-climate found in parts of Anglesey.
This park-land is privately owned and does not have public access and is within the Anglesey Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).