High Wood and Meadow

High Wood and Meadow
Site of Special Scientific Interest
High Meadow
Area of Search Northamptonshire
Grid reference SP 591 547 [1]
Interest Biological
Area 16.5 hectares[1]
Notification 1984[1]
Location map Magic Map

High Wood and Meadow is a 16.5 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Farthingstone and Preston Capes in Northamptonshire.[1][2] It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.[3]

The wood is ancient and semi-natural on acid soils. It has diverse ground flora, including yellow pimpernel, hairy wood-rush and broad-leaved helleborine. The meadow is acid grassland of a type which is now uncommon, and there are also areas of neutral grassland and marsh on silty peat. There are many ant hills of the yellow meadow ant.[4]

There is (unsignposted) access from the Knightley Way footpath.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: High Wood and Meadow". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Map of High Wood and Meadow". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "High Wood and Meadow". Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "High Wood and Meadow citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 26 February 2017.

Coordinates: 52°11′17″N 1°08′10″W / 52.188°N 1.136°W / 52.188; -1.136

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