Hooks Well Meadows, Great Cressingham

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Hooks Well Meadows, Great Cressingham
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Location Norfolk
Grid reference TF 837 011 [1]
InterestBiological
Area15.6 hectares (39 acres) [1]
Notification 1991 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Hooks Well Meadows, Great Cressingham is a 15.6-hectare (39-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Great Cressingham] in Norfolk. [1] [2]

This site has had a long history of traditional management. The diverse habitats include fen meadow, herb-rich wet grassland, acidic flushes, dry calcareous grassland and wet alder woodland, which has carpets of sphagnum mosses. [3]

The site is a Ministry of Defence training area with no public access.


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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Hooks Well Meadows, Great Cressingham". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Map of Hooks Well Meadows, Great Cressingham". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Hooks Well Meadows, Great Cressingham citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

Coordinates: 52°34′37″N0°42′36″E / 52.577°N 0.710°E / 52.577; 0.710

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