Dimminsdale
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Derbyshire Leicestershire |
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Grid reference | SK 377 218[1] |
Interest | Biological Geological |
Area | 37.0 hectares[1] |
Notification | 1986[1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Dimminsdale is a 37 hectare geological and biological Site of Special Scientific Interest partly in Derbyshire and partly in Leicestershire. It is located east of Calke in Derbyshire.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site,[3] and a area of 23.5 hectares is owned by Severn Trent Water and managed by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust.[4]
Dimminsdale has semi-natural woodland and one of the largest areas of unimproved acidic grassland in the county. Earl Ferrers' lead mine, which is located on the site, has a unique and complex mixture of minerals such as galena and zinc blende; their genesis is little understood and they provide great potential for research.[5]
There is public access to footpaths on the nature reserve part of the site.
References
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Dimminsdale". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
- ^ "Map of Dimminsdale". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
- ^ "Earl Ferrers` Lead Mine (Mineralogy of Peak District, Leicestershire, Cheshire & Shropshire)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
- ^ "Dimminsdale". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
- ^ "Dimminsdale citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
52°47′24″N 1°26′35″W / 52.79°N 1.443°W / 52.79; -1.443
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- Allexton Wood
- Ashby Canal
- Bardon Hill
- Barrow Gravel Pits
- Beacon Hill, Hangingstone and Outwoods
- Benscliffe Wood
- Blackbrook Reservoir
- Botcheston Bog
- Bradgate Park and Cropston Reservoir
- Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry
- Breedon Hill
- Briery Wood Heronry, Belvoir
- Buddon Wood and Swithland Reservoir
- Burbage Wood and Aston Firs
- Cave's Inn Pits
- Charnwood Lodge
- Chater Valley
- Coalville Meadows
- Cotes Grassland
- Cribb's Lodge Meadows
- Croft Hill
- Croft Pasture
- Croxton Park
- Debdale Meadow, Muston
- Dimminsdale
- Donington Park
- Eye Brook Reservoir
- Eye Brook Valley Woods
- Frisby Marsh
- Grace Dieu and High Sharpley
- Grantham Canal
- Great Bowden Borrowpit
- Groby Pool and Woods
- Harby Hill Wood
- Holly Rock Fields
- Holwell Mouth
- Kendall's Meadow
- Kilby - Foxton Canal
- King Lud's Entrenchments and The Drift
- Launde Big Wood
- Leighfield Forest
- Lockington Marshes
- Loughborough Meadows
- Lount Meadows
- Misterton Marshes
- Muston Meadows
- Narborough Bog
- Newton Burgoland Marshes
- Oakley Wood
- Owston Woods
- Pasture and Asplin Woods
- River Eye
- River Mease
- Roecliffe Manor Lawns
- Saddington Reservoir
- Sheepy Fields
- Sheet Hedges Wood
- Stanford Park
- Stonesby Quarry
- Swithland Wood and The Brand
- Terrace Hills Pasture
- Twenty Acre Piece
- Ulverscroft Valley
- Wymondham Rough
- Bardon Hill Quarry
- Beacon Hill, Hangingstone and Outwoods
- Bradgate Park and Cropston Reservoir
- Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry
- Buddon Wood and Swithland Reservoir
- Charnwood Lodge
- Cliffe Hill Quarry
- Croft and Huncote Quarry
- Dimminsdale
- Enderby Warren Quarry
- Gipsy Lane Pit
- Grace Dieu and High Sharpley
- Ives Head
- Main Quarry, Mountsorrel
- Newhurst Quarry
- One Barrow Plantation
- Shepshed Cutting
- Sproxton Quarry
- Tilton Cutting