Nightingale Valley

Nightingale Valley (grid reference ST449751) is a 5.4 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the town of Portishead, North Somerset, notified in 1989.

Nightingale Valley
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Nightingale Valley is located in Somerset
Nightingale Valley
Location within Somerset
LocationAvon
Grid referenceST449751
Coordinates51.47217°N 2.79469°W / 51.47217; -2.79469
InterestGeological
Area5.4 hectares (0.054 km2; 0.021 sq mi)
Notification1989 (1989)
Natural England website

This site in the Vale of Gordano is listed because of Pleistocene ‘plateau-deposits’ which include ‘cannon-shot’ gravels, fine sandy gravels and silty gravels with a wide range of erratic lithologies.[1]

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