Hinton Hill, Wellow

Hinton Hill
Site of Special Scientific Interest

Location within Somerset
Area of Search	Avon
Grid reference	ST757582
Coordinates	51°19′21″N 2°21′00″W / 51.32238°N 2.35010°W / 51.32238; -2.35010Coordinates: 51°19′21″N 2°21′00″W / 51.32238°N 2.35010°W / 51.32238; -2.35010
Interest	Geological
Area	0.25 hectares (0.0025 km²; 0.00097 sq mi)
Notification	1996 (1996)
Natural England website

Hinton Hill, Wellow (grid reference ST757582) is a 0.25 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) near the village of Wellow in Somerset, notified in 1996.

The site is of importance to studies of the stratigraphy of the Middle Jurassic of the Bath district, and the British Bathonian as a whole.^[1]

Hinton Hill, Wellow is governed by a local planning authority named Bath and North East Somerset and is named as a Site of Special Scientific Interest.^[1]

References

1 2 English Nature citation sheet (accessed on 12 July 2006)

Geological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Avon

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Neighbouring areas Gloucestershire Somerset Wiltshire

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