Moira Junction

Moira Junction
Type Local Nature Reserve
Location Moira, Leicestershire
OS grid SK 305 158
Area 3.5 hectares (8.6 acres)
Managed by Leicestershire County Council

Moira Junction is a 3.5-hectare (8.6-acre) Local Nature Reserve north of Moira in Leicestershire. It is owned and managed by Leicestershire County Council.[1][2]

This is part of the former Overseal railway sidings, which closed in 1966 and was developed as a nature area in 1991. It has two lakes, birch woodland and heath grassland.[1][3]

There is access by a footpath from Bath Lane.

References

  1. 1 2 "Moira Junction". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Map of Moira Junction". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Proposal for the Formal Designation of Moira Junction and Saltersford Wood Nature Reserves as Local Nature Reserves" (PDF). Leicestershire County Council. 29 June 2004. Retrieved 3 December 2017.

Coordinates: 52°44′20″N 1°09′00″W / 52.739°N 1.15°W / 52.739; -1.15

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