Kingweston Meadows

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Kingweston Meadows
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Location within Somerset
Location Somerset
Grid reference ST540304
Coordinates 51°04′16″N2°39′29″W / 51.07107°N 2.65792°W / 51.07107; -2.65792
InterestBiological
Area11.5 hectares (0.115 km2; 0.044 sq mi)
Notification 1990 (1990)
Natural England website

Kingweston Meadows (grid reference ST540304 ) is an 11.5 hectare (28.4 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Kingweston in Somerset, notified in 1990.

This site is an excellent example of an unimproved herb-rich neutral grassland of a type which is now rare in Britain. [1]

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References

  1. "Kingweston Meadows" (PDF). English Nature. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2006. Retrieved 14 August 2006.