Mill Crook
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Northamptonshire |
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Grid reference | SP 773 463[1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 5.9 hectares[1] |
Notification | 1989[1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Mill Crook is a 5.9-hectare (15-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Towcester in Northamptonshire.[1][2] Mill Crook and Grafton Regis Meadow are a 7.9-hectare (20-acre) nature reserve managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.[3]
Signs of medieval ridge and furrow still survive on these traditionally managed hay meadows in Mill Crook on the bank of the River Tove. It has diverse flora, with grasses such as meadow foxtail and sweet vernal-grass, and herbs including great burnet and ribwort plantain.[4][3]
Visitors are advised to contact the Northamptonshire office of the Wildlife Trust for advice on access.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Mill Crook". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- ^ "Map of Mill Crook". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- ^ a b c "Mill Crook and Grafton Regis Meadow". Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Archived from the original on 30 June 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- ^ "Mill Crook citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
52°06′36″N 0°52′19″W / 52.11°N 0.872°W / 52.11; -0.872
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- Alder Wood and Meadow
- Aldwincle Marsh
- Ashton Wold
- Badby Wood
- Badsaddle, Withmale Park and Bush Walk Woods
- Banhaw, Spring and Blackthorn's Woods
- Birch Spinney and Mawsley Marsh
- Bosworth Mill Meadow
- Bozeat Meadow
- Bucknell Wood Meadows
- Bugbrooke Meadows
- Bulwick Meadows
- Calender Meadows
- Collyweston Great Wood and Easton Hornstocks
- Collyweston Quarries
- Coombe Hill Hollow
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- Everdon Stubbs
- Geddington Chase
- Glapthorn Cow Pasture
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- Helmdon Disused Railway
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- King's Cliffe Banks
- Mantles Heath
- Mill Crook
- Old Sulehay Forest
- Pipewell Woods
- Pitsford Reservoir
- Plumpton Pasture
- Racecourse Farm Fields
- Ramsden Corner Plantation
- River Ise and Meadows
- Salcey Forest
- Short Wood
- Southfield Farm Marsh
- Stoke and Bowd Lane Woods
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- Syresham Marshy Meadows
- Titchmarsh Meadow
- Twywell Gullet
- Upper Nene Valley Gravel Pits
- Wadenhoe Marsh and Achurch Meadow
- Wakerley Spinney
- Weldon Park
- Whittlewood Forest
- Wollaston Meadows
- Yardley Chase