Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | West Midlands |
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Grid reference | SP228798 |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 7.5 hectares |
Notification | 1991 |
Location map | English Nature |
Berkswell Marsh is a 7.5 hectares (19 acres) biological site of Special Scientific Interest in the West Midlands, en. The site was notified in 1991 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. It is located in the Meriden Gap which is between Birmingham and Coventry.
The Meriden Gap is a mostly rural area in the West Midlands between Solihull and Coventry. It is a part of the wider West Midlands Green Belt, separating Coventry from the large West Midlands conurbation, which includes Birmingham and Wolverhampton. The 'Gap' takes its name from the village central to the area, Meriden, although the largest settlement is Balsall Common. The highest point lies at 181 metres (594 ft) above sea level, slightly north of the hamlet of Eaves Green near the West Midlands-Warwickshire border.
Berkswell railway station, in the West Midlands of England, takes its name from the nearby village of Berkswell although it is located on the northern edge of the village of Balsall Common. The station originally opened in 1844 as Docker's Lane, changed to Berkswell on 1 January 1853, then to Berkswell & Balsall Common on 1 February 1928 before reverting to Berkswell again in 1955.
Herald Way Marsh is a 10.6 hectares biological site of Special Scientific Interest in Coventry in the West Midlands. The site was notified in 1988 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. It is also a Local Nature Reserve.
Jockey fields is an 18.05 hectares biological site of Special Scientific Interest at Walsall Wood, in the West Midlands. The site was notified in 1994 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and is currently managed by the Country Trust.
Woodwalton Marsh is a 0.8-hectare (2.0-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Woodwalton in Cambridgeshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
Whitewater Valley is a 4.3-hectare (11-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Wittering in Cambridgeshire.
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Wadenhoe Marsh and Achurch Meadow is a 47.5-hectare (117-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Wadenhoe in Northamptonshire.
Birch Spinney and Mawsley Marsh is a 12.3-hectare (30-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Broughton in Northamptonshire.
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Tickencote Marsh is a three hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Tickencote and Great Casterton in Rutland.
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