# Dimminsdale > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dimminsdale > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dimminsdale.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimminsdale > Source revision: 1315281248 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) UK Site of Special Scientific Interest Dimminsdale Site of Special Scientific Interest Location of Dimminsdale. Location Derbyshire Leicestershire Grid reference SK 377 218[1] Interest Biological Geological Area 37.0 hectares[1] Notification 1986[1] Location map Magic Map **Dimminsdale** is a 37 hectare geological and biological [Site of Special Scientific Interest](/source/Site_of_Special_Scientific_Interest) partly in [Derbyshire](/source/Derbyshire) and partly in [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire). It is located east of [Calke](/source/Calke) in Derbyshire.[1][2] It is a [Geological Conservation Review](/source/Geological_Conservation_Review) site,[3] and an area of 23.5 hectares is owned by [Severn Trent Water](/source/Severn_Trent_Water) and managed by the [Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust](/source/Leicestershire_and_Rutland_Wildlife_Trust).[4] Dimminsdale has semi-natural woodland and one of the largest areas of unimproved acidic grassland in the county. Earl Ferrers' lead mine, which is located on the site, has a unique and complex mixture of minerals such as [galena](/source/Galena) and [zinc blende](/source/Zinc_blende); their genesis is little understood and they provide great potential for research.[5] There is public access to footpaths on the nature reserve part of the site. ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-dsv_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-dsv_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-dsv_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-dsv_1-3) ["Designated Sites View: Dimminsdale"](https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1005587&SiteName=dimm&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 November 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-map_2-0)** ["Map of Dimminsdale"](http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271005587%27). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 November 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Earl Ferrers` Lead Mine (Mineralogy of Peak District, Leicestershire, Cheshire & Shropshire)"](http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=1630). Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 11 November 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-LRWT_4-0)** ["Dimminsdale"](http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/dimminsdale/). Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 November 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Dimminsdale citation"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062231/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1005587.pdf) (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from [the original](http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1005587.pdf) (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2017. Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Dimminsdale](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Dimminsdale). [52°47′24″N 1°26′35″W / 52.79°N 1.443°W / 52.79; -1.443](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Dimminsdale¶ms=52.79_N_1.443_W_type:landmark_region:GB-BNE) v t e Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Leicestershire Biological Allexton Wood Ashby Canal Bardon Hill Barrow Gravel Pits Beacon Hill, Hangingstone and Outwoods Benscliffe Wood Blackbrook Reservoir Botcheston Bog Bradgate Park and Cropston Reservoir Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry Breedon Hill Briery Wood Heronry, Belvoir Buddon Wood and Swithland Reservoir Burbage Wood and Aston Firs Cave's Inn Pits Charnwood Lodge Chater Valley Coalville Meadows Cotes Grassland Cribb's Lodge Meadows Croft Hill Croft Pasture Croxton Park Debdale Meadow, Muston Dimminsdale Donington Park Eye Brook Reservoir Eye Brook Valley Woods Frisby Marsh Grace Dieu and High Sharpley Grantham Canal Great Bowden Borrowpit Groby Pool and Woods Harby Hill Wood Holly Rock Fields Holwell Mouth Kendall's Meadow Kilby - Foxton Canal King Lud's Entrenchments and The Drift Launde Big Wood Leighfield Forest Lockington Marshes Loughborough Meadows Lount Meadows Misterton Marshes Muston Meadows Narborough Bog Newton Burgoland Marshes Oakley Wood Owston Woods Pasture and Asplin Woods River Eye River Mease Roecliffe Manor Lawns Saddington Reservoir Sheepy Fields Sheet Hedges Wood Stanford Park Stonesby Quarry Swithland Wood and The Brand Terrace Hills Pasture Twenty Acre Piece Ulverscroft Valley Wymondham Rough Geological Bardon Hill Quarry Beacon Hill, Hangingstone and Outwoods Bradgate Park and Cropston Reservoir Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry Buddon Wood and Swithland Reservoir Charnwood Lodge Cliffe Hill Quarry Croft and Huncote Quarry Dimminsdale Enderby Warren Quarry Gipsy Lane Pit Grace Dieu and High Sharpley Ives Head Main Quarry, Mountsorrel Newhurst Quarry One Barrow Plantation Shepshed Cutting Sproxton Quarry Tilton Cutting v t e Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust Blaby Croft Pasture Narborough Bog Charnwood Cossington Meadows Lea Meadows Loughborough Big Meadow Mountsorrel Meadows Rocky Plantation Ulverscroft Wanlip Meadows Wymeswold Meadows Harborough Great Merrible Wood Launde Woods Tilton Railway Cutting Hinckley and Bosworth Altar Stones Melton Cribb's Meadow Holwell Reserves Stonesby Quarry Wymondham Rough North West Leicestershire Charley Woods Charnwood Lodge Cloud Wood Dimminsdale Kelham Bridge Oadby and Wigston Lucas Marsh Rutland Bloody Oaks Quarry Ketton Quarry Merry's Meadows Prior's Coppice Rutland Water --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Dimminsdale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimminsdale) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimminsdale?action=history)). 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