Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Leicestershire |
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Grid reference | SK 414 268 [1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 32.9 hectares [1] |
Notification | 1983 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Donington Park is a 32.9-hectare (81-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Castle Donington in Leicestershire. [1] [2] It is separate from the nearby Donington Park motorsport circuit.
The park was mentioned in the Domesday Book, and it has been managed as a deer park for all of its recorded history. Most of it has a short grass sward, with areas of bracken and ancient oaks, which provide a habitat for rare beetles and spiders. [3]
The site is private land with no public access.
Croxton Park is a 97.3-hectare (240-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-west of Croxton Kerrial in Leicestershire.
Sheet Hedges Wood is in the parish of Newtown Linford, and lies some 1-mile (1.6 km) north of Groby, in Leicestershire, UK. The site is made up of two areas of woodland and a meadow field, all with public access, extending 29 acres (120,000 m2). The woodland block is adjacent to the road includes a car park and access trails.
Loughborough Meadows is a 60.5 hectares biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the northern outskirts of Loughborough in Leicestershire, England. An area of 35.3 hectares is managed as a nature reserve by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust.
Staverton Park and The Thicks, Wantisden is an 80.8-hectare (200-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Butley in Suffolk. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, and a Special Area of Conservation. It is in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Beacon Hill, Hangingstone and Outwoods is a 147.5-hectare (364-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) south of Loughborough in Leicestershire. It is also a Geological Conservation Review and a Nature Conservation Review site. The Outwoods and Beacon Hill are part of The National Forest. Two areas in the SSSI, Beacon Hill and Jubilee Woods are country parks managed by Leicestershire County Council, and The Outwoods is managed by Charnwood Borough Council.
Bradgate Park and Cropston Reservoir is a 399.7-hectare (988-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north–west of Leicester. It is also a Nature Conservation Review site, and Bradgate Park contains Geological Conservation Review sites and a Scheduled Monument.
Cotes Grassland is a 3.3-hectare (8.2-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cotes in Leicestershire.
Oakley Wood is a 48.1-hectare (119-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Hathern in Leicestershire.
Twenty Acre Piece is an 8.1-hectare (20-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest and registered common land east of Loughborough in Leicestershire.
Frisby Marsh is a 10.2-hectare (25-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Frisby on the Wreake in Leicestershire.
Grace Dieu and High Sharpley is an 86 hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Coalville and Shepshed in Leicestershire. Grace Dieu Quarry is a Geological Conservation Review site.
Grantham Canal SSSI is a 9.5-hectare (23-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest which runs along a stretch of the Grantham Canal and its banks between Redmile and Harby in Leicestershire.
Groby Pool and Woods is a 29 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Groby in Leicestershire.
Stanford Park is a 20.4 hectares biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Swinford in Leicestershire.
Lount Meadows is a 8.5 hectares biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Lount in Leicestershire, England.
Pasture and Asplin Woods is a 40.9 hectares biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Belton in Leicestershire.
Wymondham Rough is a 6.0 hectares biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) east of Stapleford in Leicestershire. The SSSI is part of the 12.5 hectare Wymondham Rough nature reserve, which is managed by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust.
Gipsy Lane Pit is a 0.5 hectares geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Leicester. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
Barrow Gravel Pits is a 35.6 hectares biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Barrow upon Soar in Leicestershire.