| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
![]() Location of Cotes Grassland. | |
| Area of search | Leicestershire |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | SK 553 208 |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 3.3 hectares |
| Notification date | 1983 |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Cotes Grassland is a 3.3-hectare (8.2-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cotes in Leicestershire.
This meadow on the bank of the River Soar has a thin soil on alluvial river gravels. It has several plants which are uncommon in the Midlands, such as soft trefoil, spotted medick, knotted hedge-parsley, wild clary and subterranean trefoil.
There is access by a public footpath which crosses the site.