Cherry Hill and The Gallops, Barton Mills explained

Cherry Hill and The Gallops, Barton Mills
Aos:	Suffolk
Interest:	Biological
Area:	10.4 hectares
Notifydate:	1985
Map:	Magic Map

Cherry Hill and The Gallops, Barton Mills is a 10.4hectare 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

52.318°N 0.526°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Cherry Hill and The Gallops, Barton Mills . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 11 June 2017.
2. Web site: Map of Cherry Hill and The Gallops, Barton Mills. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 11 June 2017.
3. Book: Derek Ratcliffe

   . Derek . Ratcliffe . A Nature Conservation Review. 2 . 141 . Derek Ratcliffe . Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, UK . 1977. 0521-21403-3 .

4. Web site: Cherry Hill and The Gallops, Barton Mills citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 11 June 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150504232628/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003217.pdf. 4 May 2015.