{{Short description|Protected woods in Leicestershire, England}} {{Infobox SSSI |image= Wood Lane in Tugby Wood - geograph.org.uk - 208342.jpg |image_caption = Lane through Tugby Wood |name= Leighfield Forest |aos= Leicestershire |interest=Biological |gridref={{gbmappingsmall|SK 487 301 }}<ref name=dsv/> |area= {{convert| 11.3 |ha|acre|abbr=off}}<ref name=dsv/> |notifydate= 1983<ref name=dsv/> |map=[http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271000270%27 ''Magic Map''] }} '''Leighfield Forest SSSI''' is an {{convert| 11.3 |ha|acre|abbr=off}} biological [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] east of [[Skeffington]] in [[Leicestershire]], [[England]]. It consists of several fragments, including Tugby Wood, Loddington Reddish, Brown's Wood, Skeffington Wood and Tilton Wood, of the former medieval hunting [[Leighfield Forest]], which straddles Leicestershire and [[Rutland]].<ref name=dsv>{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000882&SiteName=locking&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Leighfield Forest | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 13 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=map>{{cite web|url=http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271000270%27 |title=Map of Leighfield Forest|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 13 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrwt.org.uk/what-we-do/living-landscapes/|title=Living Landscapes|publisher=Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust|accessdate= 13 November 2017}}</ref> It is a [[Nature Conservation Review]] site, Grade II.<ref>{{cite book|editor-first=Derek |editor-last=Ratcliffe |title=A Nature Conservation Review|volume=2 |pages=84–85 |authorlink=Derek Ratcliffe |publisher= Cambridge University Press|location =Cambridge, UK |year=1977|isbn= 0521-21403-3 }}</ref>
These woods in the [[Eye Brook]] valley date back at least to the thirteenth century. The dominant trees are [[Fraxinus excelsior|ash]] and [[Quercus robur|oak]]. The diverse moths and beetles include some rare species, and others are at the northern limit of their distribution. There are also areas of grassland and marsh.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000270.pdf|title=Leighfield Forest citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate=13 November 2017|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045555/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000270.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Roads and footpaths go through some of the woods but others are private.
==References== {{reflist}} {{commons category|Leighfield Forest}}
{{coord| 52.611| -0.858 |type:landmark_region:GB-BNE|display=title}} {{SSSIs Leicestershire }} [[Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Leicestershire]]