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Upper Severn Estuary

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Upper Severn Estuary is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire of 15 km². It is one of 136 SSSIs in the county. Only one of the county's SSSIs is larger.

Nearby SSSIs include Severn Estuary, Buckshraft Mine and Bradley Hill Tunnel and Soudley Ponds. For arrivals by rail, Cam & Dursley Station is about 3.5 km to the south-east.

More places to visit near Upper Severn Estuary

Photo of WWT Slimbridge, a nature reserve near Frampton on Severn, Gloucestershire, south west England.Highlight

WWT Slimbridge

Nature reserve near Frampton on Severn

Sir Peter Scott's pioneering wetland reserve on the Severn, wintering ground for Bewick's swans and thousands of wildfowl.

0.2 km S

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

Cotswolds

National Landscape near Cirencester

Honey-coloured limestone villages scattered across rolling sheep country, and paths enough to link them all up

4.7 km S

Photo: Blaize Bailey Viewpoint, a viewpoint near Newnham on Severn, Gloucestershire, south west England.Highlight

Blaize Bailey Viewpoint

Viewpoint near Newnham on Severn

Forest-edge lookout above Newnham with a great sweep of the horseshoe bend in the Severn.

5.6 km NW

Photo of Berkeley Castle, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Frampton on Severn, Gloucestershire, south west England.Highlight

Berkeley Castle

House & garden near Frampton on Severn

Lived-in Norman castle, scene of Edward II's murder.

5.6 km S

Photo along the Cotswold Way, a 102-mile National Trail running from Bath to Chipping Campden, England.Highlight

Cotswold Way

National Trail

A hundred miles of honeyed limestone, beech hangers and escarpment views to the Severn.

6 km S · Gloucestershire, Somerset & Worcestershire

Photo of Uley Long Barrow, a chambered tomb near Nailsworth in the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, south west England.Highlight

Uley Long Barrow

Chambered tomb near Nailsworth

Neolithic long barrow on the Cotswold edge near Uley, better known as Hetty Pegler's Tump, with stone burial chambers opening off a low passage.

7.6 km SE