Rushmore and Conholt Downs

Rushmore and Conholt Downs is a 111.5-hectare (276-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Andover in Hampshire.^[1][2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I.^[3]

Rushmore and Conholt Downs

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	Hampshire
Grid reference	SU 343 546[1]
Interest	Biological
Area	111.5 hectares (276 acres)[1]
Notification	1984[1]
Location map	Magic Map

These chalk downs have areas of grassland and scrub. There is also woodland, which is dominated by oak and ash with hazel coppice. A stand of juniper trees is over a hundred years old, and it is thought to be the oldest on chalk in England, with some trees over 6 metres (20 feet) tall.^[4]