Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Suffolk |
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Grid reference | TM 226 581 [1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 3.0 hectares [1] |
Notification | 1991 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
High House Meadows, Monewden is a three hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Monewden in Suffolk. [1] [2]
These unimproved meadows have diverse herbs typical of clay pastures. There are scarce species such as autumn crocus, green-winged orchid, sulphur clover and adders-tongue fern. [3]
The site is private land with no public access.
Suffolk Wildlife Trust (SWT) describes itself as the county's "nature charity – the only organisation dedicated wholly to safeguarding Suffolk's wildlife and countryside." It is a registered charity, and its headquarters is at Brooke House in Ashbocking, near Ipswich. It was founded in 1961, and is one of 46 wildlife trusts covering the Great Britain and Northern Ireland. As of March 2017, it has 13,200 members, and it manages 3,120 hectares of land in 60 nature reserves, most of which are open to the public. It had an income of £3.9 million in the year to 31 March 2017.
Monewden is a small village and a civil parish in the hundred of Loss, in the East Suffolk District, in the English county of Suffolk. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 120. The village is located around 12 miles (19 km) north of Ipswich and 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Wickham Market.
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