Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Rutland, England |
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Grid reference | SK 982 091 [1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 3.0 hectares [1] |
Notification | 1987 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Tickencote Marsh is a three hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Tickencote and Great Casterton in Rutland. [1] [2]
This site in the valley of the River Gwash is a base-rich grazing marsh, a habitat which is becoming increasingly rare as a result of drainage and a decline in grazing. Common flora include lesser pond-sedge, marsh horsetail and jointed rush. [3]
The site is private land with no public access.
Tickencote is a small village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is noted for St Peter's Church, with its Norman chancel arch. The population at the 2001 census was 67. At the 2011 census the population remained less than 100 and was included together with the parish of Great Casterton.
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