High Wood and Meadow
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
High Meadow | |
Location | Northamptonshire |
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Grid reference | SP 591 547[1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 16.5 hectares[1] |
Notification | 1984[1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
High Wood and Meadow is a 16.5-hectare (41-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Farthingstone and Preston Capes in Northamptonshire.[1][2] It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.[3]
The wood is ancient and semi-natural on acid soils. It has diverse ground flora, including yellow pimpernel, hairy wood-rush and broad-leaved helleborine. The meadow is acid grassland of a type which is now uncommon, and there are also areas of neutral grassland and marsh on silty peat. There are many ant hills of the yellow meadow ant.[4]
There is (unsignposted) access from the Knightley Way footpath.
References
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: High Wood and Meadow". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ "Map of High Wood and Meadow". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ "High Wood and Meadow". Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ "High Wood and Meadow citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
52°11′17″N 1°08′10″W / 52.188°N 1.136°W / 52.188; -1.136
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