Leckhampton Hill and Charlton Kings Common

Leckhampton Hill and Charlton Kings Common (grid reference SO952187) is a 63.8-hectare (158-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1954.

[1] The Leckhampton quarries expose the thickest single cross-section through the Middle Jurassic, Inferior Oolite strata of the area.

[1] The site supports a range of habitats which include unimproved calcareous grassland, woodland and scrub, cliff faces and scree slopes.

This is dominated by tor-grass, upright brome, meadow oat-grass, sweet vernal-grass and quaking grass.

The quarry floors support wild thyme, dwarf thistle, yellow-wort and autumn gentian.