Ashdon Meadows

Ashdon Meadows
Site of Special Scientific Interest
	Location of Ashdon Meadows.
Area of search	Essex
Grid reference	TL592402
Interest	Biological
Area	1.5 ha (3.7 acres)
Notification date	1984
Location map	Magic Map

Ashdon Meadows is a 1.5-hectare (3.7-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Ashdon in Essex.

The site is unimproved grassland which is used for hay growing, with some areas calcareous and others neutral. It is the only known example of grassland on chalky boulder clay in north-west Essex. Flora includes salad burnet, downy oat-grass and fen bedstraw.

There is access from the footpath between Water End and Plumtree Grove.

References

1 2 "Ashdon Meadows citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
↑ "Map of Ashdon Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 16 May 2016.

52°02′10″N 0°19′05″E / 52.036°N 0.318°E / 52.036; 0.318

[citation-1] 1 2 "Ashdon Meadows citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.

[map-2] "Map of Ashdon Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 16 May 2016.