Stanford Park

Stanford Park
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search Leicestershire
Grid reference SP 586 792 [1]
Interest Biological
Area 20.4 hectares (50 acres)[1]
Notification 1983[1]
Location map Magic Map

Stanford Park is a 20.4 hectares (50 acres) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Swinford in Leicestershire.[1][2]

The park has avenues of oak trees, together with other large trees in an area of pasature. It has the most diverse lichens in the county on the bark of mature trees and on old stonework, including fifteen species not recorded elsewhere in Leicestershire.[3]

The park is the grounds of Stanford Hall, a stately home which is open to the public.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Stanford Park". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Map of Stanford Park". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Stanford Park citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 15 November 2017.

Coordinates: 52°24′22″N 1°08′24″W / 52.406°N 1.14°W / 52.406; -1.14

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