Dinton Railway Cutting

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Dinton Railway Cutting is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire. It is one of 119 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the county. It is the smallest of them. The surrounding countryside is part of Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape.

Tisbury Station is about 6.6 km away to the west. Other SSSIs nearby include Knapp and Barnett's Downs, Burcombe Down and Ebsbury Down.

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