Aller Hill

{{Short description|Nature reserve in Somerset, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

{{Infobox SSSI

|image=Allerridge.jpg

|name=Aller Hill

|aos=Somerset

|interest=Biological

|gridref={{gbmappingsmall|ST408291}}

|coordinates = {{coord|51.05817|-2.84608|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

|displaymap=Somerset

|area={{convert|18.4|ha|km2 sqmi}}

|notifydate={{Start date|1988}}

|enref=1005494

}}

Aller Hill ({{gbmapping|ST408291}}) is an 18.4 hectare (45.4 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Aller in Somerset, notified in 1988.

The site contains three species of plant which are nationally rare and a further three which are of restricted distribution in Somerset. The central area contains a sward dominated by sheep's fescue (Festuca ovina) in combination with yellow oat grass (Trisetum flavescens) and quaking-grass (Briza media). Salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor) forms a major component of the sward with rough marsh-mallow (Althaea hirsuta) and nit-grass (Gastridium ventricosum), two

nationally rare species, also present.{{cite web | title=Aller Hill | work=English Nature | url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1005494.pdf | accessdate=2006-08-12}}

Aller and Beer Woods on the slopes of the hill are also designated as a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest.