Cherry Hill and The Gallops, Barton Mills

Cherry Hill and The Gallops, Barton Mills
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationSuffolk
Grid referenceTL 723 719[1]
InterestBiological
Area10.4 hectares[1]
Notification1985[1]
Location mapMagic Map

Cherry Hill and The Gallops, Barton Mills is a 10.4-hectare (26-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Barton Mills in Suffolk.[1][2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2.[3]

This site consists of road verges which have calcareous grassland with four nationally rare plants, and two locally uncommon ones, sand catchfly and yellow medick. There is also a strip of pine plantation which has several rare insects.[4]

There is public access to these roadside verges along stretches of Herringswell Road and Worlington Road.


References

  1. ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Cherry Hill and The Gallops, Barton Mills". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Map of Cherry Hill and The Gallops, Barton Mills". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  3. ^ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 141. ISBN 0521-21403-3.
  4. ^ "Cherry Hill and The Gallops, Barton Mills citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
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