Buckshraft Mine & Bradley Hill Railway Tunnel
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 Location within Gloucestershire
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| Area of Search | Gloucestershire |
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| Grid reference | SO655121 and SO662104 |
| Coordinates | 51°48′25″N 2°30′04″W / 51.806919°N 2.50106°WCoordinates: 51°48′25″N 2°30′04″W / 51.806919°N 2.50106°W |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 5.66 hectare |
| Notification | 1998 |
| Natural England website | |
Buckshraft Mine & Bradley Hill Railway Tunnel (SO655121 and SO662104) is a 5.66-hectare (14.0-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1998. This site comprises two separate locations. One is Buckshraft Mine which is near the village of Ruspidge. The other location is Bradley Hill Railway Tunnel which is near the village of Soudley.
The mine and railway tunnel comprise one of a series of Sites of Special Scientific Interest within the Forest of Dean and Wye Valley (Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire). These sites support (between them) breeding and hibernation roosts for Lesser and Greater horseshoe bats. This is of European importance. Other sites in the group in Gloucestershire (all of which are SSSIs) include the breeding sites of Blaisdon Hall, Caerwood And Ashberry Goose House, Dean Hall Coach House & Cellar and Sylvan House Barn. Hibernation sites include Devil's Chapel Scowles, Old Bow And Old Ham Mines, Westbury Brook Ironstone Mine and Wigpool Ironstone Mine.
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