Dancersend Waterworks

Dancersend Waterworks is a 4 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Spencersgreen south of Aston Clinton in Buckinghamshire. It was formerly a private waterworks supplying the Rothschild Dancersend estate, and is now owned by Thames Water. It is in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[1][2] A cooling pond within the Thames Water site is a Grade II listed building.[3]

Dancersend Waterworks
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of SearchBuckinghamshire
Grid referenceSP906090
InterestBiological
Area4.0 hectares
Notification1989
Location mapMagic Map

The site is an area of artificial banks, basins and plateaux in a chalk valley bottom, which has an unusually wide variety of herbs, grasses and shrubs. There is a badger sett and a range of butterfly and bird species. Grassland areas are rich in orchids, and there is some scrub and woodland.[1]

The site on Bottom Road has no public access.

References
  1. "Dancersend Waterworks citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  2. "Map of Dancersend Waterworks". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  3. "Cooling Pond, List entry Number: 1418490". Historic England. Retrieved 10 October 2015.

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