Weldon Park
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Northamptonshire |
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Grid reference | SP 946 900[1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 51.7 hectares[1] |
Notification | 1983[1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Weldon Park is a 51.7-hectare (128-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Weldon in Northamptonshire.[1][2]
This ancient woodland is mainly ash, maple and hazel. It has diverse flora, especially on grassland rides, and unusual plants on the wettest soils. Insects include the uncommon purple emperor butterfly.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Weldon Park". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
- ^ "Map of Weldon Park". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
- ^ "Weldon Park citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
52°30′00″N 0°36′29″W / 52.500°N 0.608°W / 52.500; -0.608
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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