Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry explained

Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry
Aos:Leicestershire
Interest:Biological
Geological
Area:63.3ha
Notifydate:1987
Map: Magic Map

Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry is a 63.3ha 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 33ha 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

52.786°N -1.387°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 19 November 2017.
  2. Web site: Map of Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 19 November 2017.
  3. Web site: Breedon Cloud Quarry (Dinantian of Northern England & North Wales) . Geological Conservation Review . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 19 November 2017.
  4. Web site: Cloud Wood . Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust . 19 November 2017.
  5. Web site: Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 19 November 2017. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225952/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003433.pdf. dead.

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