Eye Brook Valley Woods

Eye Brook Valley Woods
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Great Merrible Wood
Area of Search Leicestershire
Grid reference SP 828 970 [1]
Interest Biological
Area 65.7 hectares[1]
Notification 1983[1]
Location map Magic Map

Eye Brook Valley Woods is a 65.7 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Hallaton in Leicestershire. It is in three separate areas, Great Merrible Wood, which is managed by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust, Bolt Wood and Park Wood.[1][2][3]

These are surviving fragments of the medieval Leighfield Forest. Park Wood is mainly ash and wych elm, while Bolt Wood and Great Merrible Wood are dominated by ash and field maple. The shrub flora is diverse, and there are also several small pools and marshes.[4]

There is access to Great Merrible Wood by a footpath from Stockerston Lane, but the other woods are private.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Eye Brook Valley Woods". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Map of Eye Brook Valley Woods". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Great Merrible Wood". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Eye Brook Valley Woods citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 October 2017.

Coordinates: 52°33′47″N 0°46′55″W / 52.563°N 0.782°W / 52.563; -0.782

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