Cribb's Meadow
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 Path along the disused railway embankment which runs through Cribb's Meadow | |
| Location | Leicestershire |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | SK 899 188[1] |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 4.2 hectares[1] |
| Notification | 1983[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Cribb's Meadow is a 4.2-hectare (10-acre) nature reserve east of Wymondham in Leicestershire. It is owned and managed by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust, and is designated a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest under the name Cribb's Lodge Meadows.[1][2][3] It is also a National Nature Reserve[4] and a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2.[5]
The embankment of a disused railway runs through this ridge and furrow neutral meadow on boulder clay. The diverse flora includes adder's tongue fern, pepper saxifrage, hayrattle and green-winged orchid.[6]
There is access from Fosse Lane, and a footpath runs through the southern end.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Cribb's Lodge Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Map of Cribb's Lodge Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Cribb's Meadow". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Designated Sites View: Cribb's Meadow". National Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 158. ISBN 0521-21403-3.
- ^ "Cribb's Lodge Meadows citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
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