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Micheldever Spoil Heaps

Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Hampshire
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Micheldever Spoil Heaps is a 32.1-hectare (79-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Micheldever in Hampshire.This site is composed of spoil heaps from nineteenth-century railway construction, and it is described by Natural England as "of quite exceptional botanical importance". Most species have colonised the site from nearby, but some from a distance, and the plant assemblage is in a state of flux, with many rareties. There are large populations of fly orchids.The site is open to the public.

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Micheldever Spoil Heaps
White Hill Road, Basingstoke and Deane Overton

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N 51.196 ° E -1.257 °
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White Hill Road

White Hill Road
SO21 3FX Basingstoke and Deane, Overton
England, United Kingdom
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