{{Short description|Site of Special Scientific Interest in Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox SSSI |image= Barrow Gravel Pits 6.jpg |image_caption = |name= Barrow Gravel Pits |aos= Leicestershire |interest=Biological |gridref={{gbmappingsmall|SK 568 166}}<ref name=dsv/> |area= {{convert|35.6|ha|acre|abbr=off}}<ref name=dsv/> |notifydate= 1983<ref name=dsv/> |map=[http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271002661%27 ''Magic Map''] }} '''Barrow Gravel Pits''' is a {{convert| 35.6 |ha|acre|abbr=off}} biological [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] in [[Barrow upon Soar]] in [[Leicestershire]].<ref name=dsv>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1002661&SiteName=barrow&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Barrow Gravel Pits | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 10 December 2017}}</ref><ref name=map>{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271002661%27|title=Map of Barrow Gravel Pits|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 10 December 2017}}</ref>
This site in the flood plain of the [[River Soar]] has open water in the former gravel pits, marshes, hay meadows, woodland and scrub. Aquatic plants include [[Nuphar lutea|yellow water lily]], [[rigid hornwort]], [[lesser pondweed]] and [[Ranunculus circinatus|fan-leaved water crowfoot]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002661.pdf|title=Barrow Gravel Pits citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate=10 December 2017|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043553/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002661.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
There is access through a caravan park from Bridge Street.
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