Croft Pasture

{{Short description|Conservation area in England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox SSSI |image= Stile into water. - geograph.org.uk - 1136395.jpg |image_caption = |name= Croft Pasture |aos= Leicestershire |interest=Biological |gridref={{gbmappingsmall| SP 509 958 }}<ref name=dsv/> |area= 6.2 hectares<ref name=dsv/> |notifydate= 1983<ref name=dsv/> |map=[http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271003760%27 ''Magic Map''] }} '''Croft Pasture''' is a {{convert|6.2|hectare|acre|adj=on}} biological [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] on the outskirts of [[Croft, Leicestershire|Croft]] in [[Leicestershire]].<ref name=dsv>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003760&SiteName=croft&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Croft Pasture | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 9 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=map>{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271003760%27|title=Map of Croft Pasture|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 9 November 2017}}</ref> Most of the site, totalling 5.8 hectares, is owned and managed by the [[Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust]].<ref name=LRWT>{{cite web|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/croft-pasture/ |title= Croft Pasture |publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust |accessdate= 9 November 2017}}</ref>

The [[River Soar]] runs through this unimproved grazed meadow, which is dominated by [[common bent]] and [[crested dog's-tail]]. A knoll in the north of the site has uncommon flora such as [[meadow saxifrage]], [[common stork's-bill]] and [[subterranean clover]].<ref name=LRWT/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003760.pdf|title=Croft Pasture citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate=9 November 2017|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000548/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003760.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

There is access from Station Road.

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{{coord| 52.557| -1.25 |type:landmark_region:GB-BNE|display=title}} {{SSSIs Leicestershire }} {{Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust }}

[[Category:Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust]] [[Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Leicestershire]]