Twywell Gullet

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Twywell Gullet
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Twywell Gullet 5.jpg
Location Northamptonshire
Grid reference SP 944 775 [1]
InterestBiological
Area17.1 hectares [1]
Notification 1989 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Twywell Gullet is a 17.1-hectare (42-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Kettering in Northamptonshire. [1] [2] It is part of the 54.6 hectare Twywell Hills and Dales nature reserve, which is managed by a partnership of the Woodland Trust and the Rockingham Forest Trust. The site is in turn a small part of the former royal hunting Rockingham Forest. [3]

Twywell Gullet is a former ironstone quarry which has deep cuttings with steeply sloping banks. It has species-rich limestone grassland on the slopes and ponds and scrub in the bottoms. There are a number of uncommon ground nesting bees and wasps, and beetles include the nationally rare ruddy darter. [4] There is a large pond which has a large reedbed and many great crested newts.

Footpaths go through the site but there is no access to some steeply sloping areas.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Twywell Gullet". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  2. "Map of Twywell Gullet". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  3. "Environmental Conservation & Greenspace - Twywell Hills and Dales". Rockingham Forest Trust. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  4. "Twywell Gullet citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 17 April 2017.

Coordinates: 52°23′17″N0°36′50″W / 52.388°N 0.614°W / 52.388; -0.614