# Holly Rock Fields

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Protected area in Leicestershire, England

Holly Rock Fields Site of Special Scientific Interest Location of Holly Rock Fields. Location Leicestershire Grid reference SK 461 144[1] Interest Biological Area 3.9 hectares (9.6 acres)[1] Notification 2013[1] Location map Magic Map

**Holly Rock Fields** is a 3.9 hectares (9.6 acres) biological [Site of Special Scientific Interest](/source/Site_of_Special_Scientific_Interest) east of [Coalville](/source/Coalville) in [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire).[1][2]

This is a nationally important site as it is primarily the nationally scarce [National Vegetation Classification](/source/British_National_Vegetation_Classification) type MG5, [crested dog’s-tail](/source/Crested_dog%E2%80%99s-tail) and [common knapweed](/source/Common_knapweed) grassland. The fields have not been subject to agricultural intensification, and they are floristically diverse.[3]

The site is private land with no public access.

## 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: Holly Rock Fields"](https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S2000769&SiteName=holly&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 31 December 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-map_2-0)** ["Map of Holly Rock Fields"](http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%272000769%27). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 31 December 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Holly Rock Fields citation"](https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/2000769.pdf) (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 31 December 2017.

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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

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