Cribb's Meadow facts for kids
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Path along the disused railway embankment which runs through Cribb's Meadow
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| Area of Search | Leicestershire |
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| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 4.2 hectares |
| Notification | 1983 |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Cribb's Meadow is a 4.2 hectare nature reserve east of Wymondham in Leicestershire. It is owned and managed by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust, and is designated a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest under the name Cribb's Lodge Meadows. It is also a National Nature Reserve and a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2.
The embankment of a disused railway runs through this ridge and furrow neutral meadow on boulder clay. The diverse flora includes adder's tongue fern, pepper saxifrage, hayrattle and green-winged orchid.
There is access from Fosse Lane, and a footpath runs through the southern end.
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