Mere Beck Meadows

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Mere Beck Meadows
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Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location MAGiC MaP
Nearest town Barnard Castle
Coordinates 54°33′47″N2°4′35″W / 54.56306°N 2.07639°W / 54.56306; -2.07639 Coordinates: 54°33′47″N2°4′35″W / 54.56306°N 2.07639°W / 54.56306; -2.07639
Area6.6 ha (16 acres)
Established1989
Governing body Natural England
Website Mere Beck Meadows SSSI

Mere Beck Meadows, formerly known as Willoughby Hall Meadows, is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Teesdale district of County Durham, England. It consists of three hay meadows, situated on the south side of Hury Reservoir, immediately below the Blackton Reservoir dam.

The site is important as preserving a rich assemblage of plant species, in a habitat that is becoming increasingly scarcer as a result of intensive agricultural practices. A wide variety of flowering plants is found, many in abundance, such as wood cranesbill, Geranium sylvaticum , meadow saxifrage, Saxifraga granulata , melancholy thistle, Cirsium helenioides , and great burnet, Sanguisorba officinalis . [1]

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References

  1. "Mere Beck Meadows : Reasons for SSSI status" (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 1 April 2022.