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Protected area in Suffolk, England
Cherry Hill and The Gallops, Barton Mills
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationSuffolk
Grid referenceTL 723 719
InterestBiological
Area10.4 hectares
Notification1985
Location mapMagic Map

Cherry Hill and The Gallops, Barton Mills is a 10.4-hectare (26-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Barton Mills in Suffolk. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2.

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.

There is public access to these roadside verges along stretches of Herringswell Road and Worlington Road.


References

  1. ^ "Designated Sites View: Cherry Hill and The Gallops, Barton Mills". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  2. "Map of Cherry Hill and The Gallops, Barton Mills". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  3. Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 141. ISBN 0521-21403-3.
  4. "Cherry Hill and The Gallops, Barton Mills citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2017.

52°19′05″N 0°31′34″E / 52.318°N 0.526°E / 52.318; 0.526

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