Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation

Natural Environment Committee

Introduction

Local planning authorities may designate areas as Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation    ( SINCs ) where they are known to support important habitats and species.  Hampshire County Council, through HBIC, identifies such sites in collaboration with the local planning authorities, Natural England, and the Hampshire Wildlife Trust. The information is collated and held by Hampshire Biodiversity Information Centre ( HBIC ) who survey and monitor the sites on a rolling programme each year.  The designation of an area as a SINC means that it has a degree of protection within the planning system and also opens the way for grants to support effective management.

SINCs constitute an extremely valuable resource in the natural environment. The Romsey and District Society decided to survey the SINCs in Romsey and Romsey Extra in order to raise public awareness of this asset. The information made available here comes directly from HBIC. The Society hopes that it will provide useful information for anyone wishing to find further details about local SINCs.

Further information about our SINCs may be obtained from Hampshire Biodiversity Information Centre ( HBIC ) at http://www3.hants.gov.uk/biodiversity/hbic/hbic-contacthbic.htm

N.B. Most SINCs are on private land and the public has no right of access.
Please respect and protect these areas.

Thank you to Dr Robert Page and  Hampshire Biodiversity Information Centre - HBIC, for  permission to apply this information to Romsey and District Society Web pages.

Hampshire Biodiversity Information Centre 

HBIC have generously given the committee access to its data sets.

Hampshire Biodiversity Information Centre shares information about Hampshire’s wildlife.

The Hampshire Biodiversity Information Centre Partnership includes local authorities, government agencies, wildlife charities and biological recording groups.

All the links below lead to a PDF page that will open in a new window. You need Adobe Reader to view them - find the Free download HERE       

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List of the Environmental Data

Links to : -

Statutory designated sites within Romsey and Romsey Extra Civil Parishes

Sites of Importance for Nature Conservations - Index map with numbers

List of Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation - Index list with numbers

Downloadable data

 1 - Embley Wood Alders
  2 - Embley Wood Nursery
  3 - Embley Wood & Bog ( No map )
  4 - South West of Squabb Wood
  5 - Romsey Common Farm Field 3
  6 - Kentford Lake Wood ( 2 sites )
  7 - Blackwater Bridge Meadow
  8 - Grandmother's Meadow
  9 - Squabb Wood
10 - Burnt Grove, Broadlands Estate
11 - Squabb Wood Meadow
12 - Greenhill Meadow
13 - Bushylease Copse
14 - Rookwood Copse
15 - Palmer's / Bull's Copse
16 - Yewtree, Ridge and Moorcroft Copse
17 - Town Copse
18 - Yew Tree Copse Meadow
19 - Ashley Meadows
20 - Belbins Copse
21 - Fishlake and Ashley Meadows
22 - Chivers Land ( Abbotswood )
23 - Ashfield Copse
24 - Beggarspath Wood
25 - Beggarspath Wood Meadow
26 - Ashfield Lodge Wet Meadow
27 - Woodley Grange, Western Meadow
28 - Woodley Grange Eastern Meadow
29 - Parker's Moor & Luzborough Plantation
30 - Ganger Farm Meadow
31 - Ganger Farm Marsh & Woodland
32 - Ganger Swamp
33 - Small Copse, Romsey Extra
34 - Ganger Wood Meadow
35 - Hillier's Arboretum ( 7 sites )
36 - Ganger Wood Strip
37 - Ganger Wood
38 - Crampmoor Glebe
39 - Gypsey's Copse
40 - Cramp moor
41 - Warren Farm Copse
42 - Scrag Hill Copse
43 - Ampfield Wood West
  
Information on the Statutory sites such as SSSIs may be found on the Natural England website at  http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/