{{Short description|Protected area in Cumbria, England}} '''Greendale Mires''' is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=SSSI detail |url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000861&SiteName=greendale%20mires&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Protected Planet {{!}} Greendale Mires |url=https://www.protectedplanet.net/136846 |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=Protected Planet }}</ref> in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. It is located near the hamlet of Greendale on the western side of Wast Water, beneath Buckbarrow fell. This protected area has exceptional peatland habitat.
The streams Smithy Beck and Countess Beck flow through this protected area.
== Details == The mires over deep peat at Greendale Mires are nationally important. Plant species in this protected area include common sundew, cross-leaved heath, devil's-bit scabious, bog lousewort, cranberry and bog asphodel. The plants bogbean, bog pondweed, marsh pennywort and marsh St Johns-wort occur in pools of water. Intermediate bladderwort and long leaved sundew have also been recorded here.<ref name=":0" />
== Land ownership == Most of the land within Greendale Mires SSSI is owned by the National Trust.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-10-06 |title=Mapping the habitats of England’s ten largest institutional landowners |url=https://whoownsengland.org/2020/10/06/mapping-the-habitats-of-englands-ten-largest-institutional-landowners/ |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=Who owns England? |language=en}}</ref>
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Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cumbria Category:Protected areas of Cumbria