Dabble Bank

Dabble Bank is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the County Durham district of County Durham, England. It lies about 1 km west of the village of Haswell and about 9 km east of the city of Durham.

Dabble Bank
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	MAGiC MaP
Nearest city	City of Durham
Coordinates	54°47′5″N 1°26′5″W
Area	4.12 ha (10.2 acres)
Established	2002
Governing body	Natural England
Website	Dabble Bank SSSI

The site is important for its communities of nationally scarce grassland on Magnesian Limestone and in particular for its unusual location, in a small valley cut into the limestone plateau. ^[1]

A feature of the site is grassland characterised by downy oat-grass, Avenula pubescens, this being a vegetation type which nationally has a scattered distribution on lowland limestones and which is rare in County Durham. Among the species found is the pyramidal orchid, Anacamptis pyramidalis, which is rare in the county.^[1]