[2][3] The hill and an adjacent area below, including Dragon Hill and The Manger, make up a 98.9-hectare (244-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest.

[1][4] The Manger, a dry valley below the hill, is a Geological Conservation Review site.

[5] It provides evidence of solifluction (slow slipping of soil downhill due to repeated freezing and thawing) during at least one cold stage of the Pleistocene.

Grasses include upright brome and sheep’s fescue.

[6] The Ridgeway National Trail crosses the hill south of Uffington Castle.