Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Cloud Wood | |
Location | Leicestershire |
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Grid reference | SK 414 213[1] |
Interest | Biological Geological |
Area | 63.3 hectares (156 acres)[1] |
Notification | 1987[1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry is a 63.3 hectares (156 acres) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Worthington in Leicestershire.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3] An area of 33 hectares (82 acres) is managed as a nature reserve by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust.[4]
Cloud Wood is an ancient semi-natural wood on clay. It has a very diverse ground flora, including pendulous sedge, yellow archangel and giant bellflower. The quarry is a nationally important geological locality, exposing a Lower Carboniferous succession deposited in shallow seas.[5]
There is public access to most of the nature reserve, but not to the quarry.
References
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ "Map of Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ "Breedon Cloud Quarry (Dinantian of Northern England & North Wales)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ "Cloud Wood". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ "Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
52°47′10″N 1°23′13″W / 52.786°N 1.387°W / 52.786; -1.387
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