Sands Bank

Sands Bank is an 11.1 hectare Local Nature Reserve in High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire. It is owned by West Wycombe Estates and managed by Wycombe District Council.^[1][2]

The site is a mixture of woodland, scrub and grassland on a south facing chalk slope. Some of the beech woodland dates back 400 years, and there is younger cherry, holly, yew and ash. Ground plants include wood spurge and goldilocks buttercup, and there are mammals such as roe deer and hazel dormice. There is a wide variety of fungi.^[3]

There is access from Heathfield Road.

References

1. "Sands Bank". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
2. "Map of Sands Bank". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
3. "Sands Bank Local Nature Reserve" (PDF). Chiltern Rangers. Retrieved 11 February 2016.

Coordinates: 51°43′18″N 0°37′31″W / 51.721728°N 0.625377°W