{{Short description|Nature reserve in Leicestershire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox SSSI |image= Cribb's Meadow path along former railway line.jpg |image_caption = Path along the disused railway embankment which runs through Cribb's Meadow |name= Cribb's Meadow |aos= Leicestershire |interest=Biological |gridref={{gbmappingsmall| SK 899 188 }}<ref name=dsv/> |area= 4.2 hectares<ref name=dsv/> |notifydate= 1983<ref name=dsv/> |map=[http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271003735%27 ''Magic Map''] }} '''Cribb's Meadow''' is a {{convert|4.2|hectare|acre|adj=on}} 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.<ref name=dsv>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003735&SiteName=cribb&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Cribb's Lodge Meadows | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 4 September 2017}}</ref><ref name=map>{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271003735%27|title=Map of Cribb's Lodge Meadows|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 4 September 2017}}</ref><ref name=LRWT>{{cite web|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/cribbs-meadow/ |title= Cribb's Meadow |publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust |accessdate= 4 September 2017}}</ref> It is also a [[National Nature Reserve]]<ref>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=1007209&SiteName=cribb&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Cribb's Meadow | series= National Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 4 September 2017}}</ref> and a [[Nature Conservation Review]] site, Grade 2.<ref>{{cite book|editor-first=Derek |editor-last=Ratcliffe |title=A Nature Conservation Review|volume=2 |page=158 |authorlink=Derek Ratcliffe |publisher= Cambridge University Press|location =Cambridge, UK |year=1977|isbn= 0521-21403-3 }}</ref>
The embankment of a disused railway runs through this [[ridge and furrow]] neutral meadow on [[boulder clay]]. The diverse flora includes [[Ophioglossum vulgatum|adder's tongue fern]], [[pepper saxifrage]], [[hayrattle]] and [[green-winged orchid]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003735.pdf|title=Cribb's Lodge Meadows citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate=4 September 2017|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072802/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003735.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
There is access from Fosse Lane, and a footpath runs through the southern end.
==References== {{reflist}} {{commons category|Cribb's Meadow}}
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[[Category:Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust]] [[Category:Nature Conservation Review sites]] [[Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Leicestershire]] [[Category:National nature reserves in England]]