Nightingale Valley

Nightingale Valley

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location within Somerset
Area of Search	Avon
Grid reference	ST449751
Coordinates	51°28′20″N 2°47′41″W / 51.47217°N 2.79469°W / 51.47217; -2.79469Coordinates: 51°28′20″N 2°47′41″W / 51.47217°N 2.79469°W / 51.47217; -2.79469
Interest	Geological
Area	5.4 hectares (0.054 km2; 0.021 sq mi)
Notification	1989 (1989)
Natural England website

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.

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