Cherry Hill and The Gallops, Barton Mills

Cherry Hill and The Gallops, Barton Mills
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search Suffolk
Grid reference TL 723 719 [1]
Interest Biological
Area 10.4 hectares[1]
Notification 1985[1]
Location map Magic Map

Cherry Hill and The Gallops, Barton Mills is a 10.4 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Barton Mills in Suffolk.[1][2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2.[3]

This site consists of road verges which have calcareous grassland with four nationally rare plants, and two locally uncommon ones, sand catchfly and yellow medick. There is also a strip of pine plantation which has several rare insects.[4]

There is public access to these roadside verges along stretches of Herringswell Road and Worlington Road.


References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Cherry Hill and The Gallops, Barton Mills". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Map of Cherry Hill and The Gallops, Barton Mills". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  3. ↑ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 141. ISBN 0521 21403 3.
  4. ↑ "Cherry Hill and The Gallops, Barton Mills citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2017.

Coordinates: 52°19′05″N 0°31′34″E / 52.318°N 0.526°E / 52.318; 0.526

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