Bray Meadows

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Bray Meadows
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Location within Berkshire
Location Berkshire
Grid reference SU 898 800 [1]
Coordinates 51°30′43″N0°42′32″W / 51.512°N 0.709°W / 51.512; -0.709 Coordinates: 51°30′43″N0°42′32″W / 51.512°N 0.709°W / 51.512; -0.709
InterestBiological
Area6.6 hectares (16 acres) [1]
Notification 1998 [1]
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Bray Meadows is a 6.6-hectare (16-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Maidenhead in Berkshire. [1] [2]

These unimproved meadows adjacent to a side channel of the River Thames have a rich diversity of flora. River bank plants include the nationally scarce parasitic greater dodder. There are typical damp meadow plants such as meadow barley, lesser stitchwort and meadowsweet, while one of the fields has many ant hills. [3]

The site is private land with no public access.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Bray Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. "Map of Bray Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  3. "Bray Meadows citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 29 October 2019.