Calender Meadows

Calender Meadows
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search Northamptonshire
Grid reference SP 685 749 [1]
Interest Biological
Area 3.1 hectares[1]
Notification 2012[1]
Location map Magic Map

Calender Meadows is a 3.1 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Guilsborough in Northamptonshire.[1][2]

This is described by Natural England as "a nationally important site for its lowland unimproved neutral grassland". It has a wide variety of native herbs and grasses. There are herbs such as lady's bedstraw, meadow vetchling and common bird's-foot trefoil, and grasses include red fescue, sweet vernal-grass and false oat-grass.[3]

The site is private land with no public access.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Calender Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Map of Calender Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Calender Meadows citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
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Coordinates: 52°22′05″N 0°59′42″W / 52.368°N 0.995°W / 52.368; -0.995

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