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Alyn Valley Woods and Alyn Gorge Caves

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Country Park. The SSSI has an area of 190.3 hectares while the SAC covers 168.3 hectares.
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among the dominant tree species. Notable plants in the woods include
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A large part of the site is covered by broadleaved woodland with
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United Kingdom Site of Special Scientific Interest stubs
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List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Clwyd
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Site of Special Scientific Interest

Alyn Valley Woods and Alyn Gorge Caves is located in Wales
Location
Grid reference
SJ1800864866
Coordinates
53°10′28″N 3°13′41″W / 53.174561°N 3.2281478°W / 53.174561; -3.2281478
Notification

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Flintshire
Denbighshire
Wales
Special Area of Conservation
Loggerheads
sessile oak
ash
sycamore
stinking hellebore
green-flowered helleborine
wayfaring tree
calcareous grassland
bloody cranesbill
lesser meadow-rue
escarpment
Carboniferous limestone
Ogof Hesp Alyn
Ogof Hen Ffynhonnau
Ogof Nadolig

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