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Swyncombe Downs

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Swyncombe Downs is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Oxfordshire, covering 0.47 km². The county has 105 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. It lies within the Chilterns National Landscape.

Cholsey Station is about 10 km away to the south-west. Nearby SSSIs include Pishill Woods and Bix Bottom.

More places to visit near Swyncombe Downs

Photo of the Chilterns, a National Landscape in England.Highlight

Chilterns

You’re inside itNational Landscape near The Lee

Beech woods and chalk downland within easy reach of London, laced with old ridge paths and grazing red kites

Photo of Ewelme, a village in the Chilterns, Oxfordshire, south east England.Highlight

Ewelme

Village

Chiltern-foot village with a spring-fed brook, watercress beds and a rare surviving group of medieval church, school and brick almshouses.

3.2 km W · Oxfordshire

Photo of the North Wessex Downs, a National Landscape in England.Highlight

North Wessex Downs

National Landscape near Hungerford

Rolling chalk downland above the Vale of the White Horse, threaded by one of Britain's oldest roads

6.1 km W

Photo along the Thames Path, a 185-mile National Trail running from Kemble to London, England.Highlight

Thames Path

National Trail

The river from its Cotswold trickle to the Thames Barrier — the gentlest long walk in Britain.

6.1 km W · spans 7 counties

Photo of the River Thames, a 135-mile river navigation running from Cricklade to Teddington, England.Highlight

River Thames

River navigation

The non-tidal Thames — 45 locks of managed river between Cricklade's meadows and the tideway at Teddington.

6.1 km W · spans 7 counties

Photo of Stonor Park, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Turville in the Chilterns, Oxfordshire, south east England.Highlight

Stonor Park

House & garden near Turville

Held by one Catholic family for 800 years, where Edmund Campion secretly printed in 1581.

6.9 km E