Great Merrible Wood Explained

Great Merrible Wood
Type:	Nature reserve
Grid Ref Uk:	SP 834962
Location:	Hallaton, Leicestershire
Area:	12 hectares
Manager:	Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust

Great Merrible Wood is a 12 hectare nature reserve east of Hallaton in Leicestershire. It is owned and managed by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust, and is part of the Eye Brook Valley Woods Site of Special Scientific Interest.^{[1] [2] [3]}

This is a surviving fragment of the medieval Leighfield Forest.^[4] It is semi-natural ancient woodland with several unusual herbs, such as broadleaved helleborine, herb paris and violet helleborine. It is claimed to have the most diverse range of fungi in the county.^[1]

There is access by a footpath from Stockerston Lane.

References

52.557°N -0.771°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Great Merrible Wood . Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust . 2 October 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240416183830/https://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/great-merrible-wood . 16 April 2024.
2. Web site: Designated Sites View: Eye Brook Valley Woods . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 2 October 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171003035739/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1004440&SiteName=eye+brook&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= . 3 October 2017.
3. Web site: Map of Eye Brook Valley Woods. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 2 October 2017.
4. Web site: Eye Brook Valley Woods citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 2 October 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170809210918/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1004440.pdf . 9 August 2017.