Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry

Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Cloud Wood
LocationLeicestershire
Grid referenceSK 414 213[1]
InterestBiological
Geological
Area63.3 hectares (156 acres)[1]
Notification1987[1]
Location mapMagic Map

Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry is a 63.3 hectares (156 acres) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Worthington in Leicestershire.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3] An area of 33 hectares (82 acres) is managed as a nature reserve by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust.[4]

Cloud Wood is an ancient semi-natural wood on clay. It has a very diverse ground flora, including pendulous sedge, yellow archangel and giant bellflower. The quarry is a nationally important geological locality, exposing a Lower Carboniferous succession deposited in shallow seas.[5]

There is public access to most of the nature reserve, but not to the quarry.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Map of Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Breedon Cloud Quarry (Dinantian of Northern England & North Wales)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Cloud Wood". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
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