Wadenhoe Marsh and Achurch Meadow
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
The River Nene in Wadenhoe Marsh and Achurch Meadow | |
Location | Northamptonshire |
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Grid reference | TL 009 826[1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 47.5 hectares[1] |
Notification | 1984[1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Wadenhoe Marsh and Achurch Meadow is a 47.5-hectare (117-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Wadenhoe in Northamptonshire.[1][2]
This complex site on both sides of the River Nene has a variety of habitats and a diverse range of fauna and flora. The west of the river is alder woodland and marshy grassland. On the east there is the largest example in the county of unimproved grassland on alluvium and gravel, with over 100 flowering plant species. An oxbow in the river is a site for rare plants.[3]
The Nene Way long distance footpath runs through the site west of the river, but the larger eastern meadows are private land with no public access.
References
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Wadenhoe Marsh and Achurch Meadow". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ "Map of Wadenhoe Marsh and Achurch Meadow". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ "Wadenhoe Marsh and Achurch Meadow citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
52°25′59″N 0°31′01″W / 52.433°N 0.517°W / 52.433; -0.517
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- Alder Wood and Meadow
- Aldwincle Marsh
- Ashton Wold
- Badby Wood
- Badsaddle, Withmale Park and Bush Walk Woods
- Banhaw, Spring and Blackthorn's Woods
- Birch Spinney and Mawsley Marsh
- Bosworth Mill Meadow
- Bozeat Meadow
- Bucknell Wood Meadows
- Bugbrooke Meadows
- Bulwick Meadows
- Calender Meadows
- Collyweston Great Wood and Easton Hornstocks
- Collyweston Quarries
- Coombe Hill Hollow
- Dungee Corner Meadow
- Everdon Stubbs
- Geddington Chase
- Glapthorn Cow Pasture
- Hardwick Lodge Meadow
- Helmdon Disused Railway
- High Wood and Meadow
- King's Cliffe Banks
- Mantles Heath
- Mill Crook
- Old Sulehay Forest
- Pipewell Woods
- Pitsford Reservoir
- Plumpton Pasture
- Racecourse Farm Fields
- Ramsden Corner Plantation
- River Ise and Meadows
- Salcey Forest
- Short Wood
- Southfield Farm Marsh
- Stoke and Bowd Lane Woods
- Sudborough Green Lodge Meadows
- Syresham Marshy Meadows
- Titchmarsh Meadow
- Twywell Gullet
- Upper Nene Valley Gravel Pits
- Wadenhoe Marsh and Achurch Meadow
- Wakerley Spinney
- Weldon Park
- Whittlewood Forest
- Wollaston Meadows
- Yardley Chase