{{Short description|Forest in Leicestershire, England}} {{Infobox SSSI |image= Harby Hill Wood 4.jpg |image_caption = |name= Harby Hill Wood |aos= Leicestershire |interest=Biological |gridref={{gbmappingsmall| SK 761 282 }}<ref name=dsv/> |area= 16.9 hectares<ref name=dsv/> |notifydate= 1983<ref name=dsv/> |map=[http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271000126%27 ''Magic Map''] }} '''Harby Hill Wood''' is a {{convert|16.9|hectare|acre|adj=on}} biological [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] west of [[Eastwell, Leicestershire|Eastwell]] in [[Leicestershire]].<ref name=dsv>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000126&SiteName=harby&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Harby Hill Wood | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 27 August 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240417182549/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000126&SiteName=harby&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |archive-date = 17 April 2024}}</ref><ref name=map>{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271000126%27|title=Map of Harby Hill Wood|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 27 August 2017}}</ref>
This site has steeply sloping [[Fraxinus excelsior|ash]] and [[Acer pseudoplatanus|sycamore]] woodland, with areas of spring-fed marsh and colonies of [[wild daffodil]]s. There is also an area of species-rich dry grassland, which has flora such as [[Conopodium majus|pignut]] and [[musk thistle]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000126.pdf|title= Harby Hill Woodcitation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher= Natural England|accessdate= 27 August 2017|archive-date= 3 March 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224114/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000126.pdf|url-status= dead}}</ref>
The site is private land but it is crossed by public footpaths.
==References== {{reflist}} {{commons category|Harby Hill Wood}}
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