Throope Down

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Throope Down is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, covering 0.38 km². It is one of 119 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the county. It lies inside Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape.

Other SSSIs nearby include Knighton Downs & Wood and Stratford Toney Down. The nearest railway station is Salisbury, about 6.8 km to the north-east.

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