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Wilwell Farm Cutting Nature Reserve

Wilwell Farm Nature Reserve or Wilwell Cutting is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest [1] [2] and Local Nature Reserve [3] [4] in Nottinghamshire.

The site was originally standard farmland, but in the 1890s a cutting was constructed to take the Great Central Railway's London Extension. The site was located between Ruddington railway station (to the south) and Arkwright Street railway station (to the north). The Great Central Main Line was closed in 1969, and in 1976 it was proposed that the cutting should be used for landfill. However local opposition saw it converted into a Nature Reserve.

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References

  1. "Wilwell Cutting citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  2. "Map of Wilwell Cutting". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  3. "Wilwell Cutting". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  4. "Map of Wilwell Cutting". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 26 July 2013.

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