# Leighfield Forest SSSI

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Protected woods in Leicestershire, England

Leighfield Forest Site of Special Scientific Interest Lane through Tugby Wood Location of Leighfield Forest. Location Leicestershire Grid reference SK 487 301[1] Interest Biological Area 11.3 hectares (28 acres)[1] Notification 1983[1] Location map Magic Map

**Leighfield Forest SSSI** is an 11.3 hectares (28 acres) biological [Site of Special Scientific Interest](/source/Site_of_Special_Scientific_Interest) east of [Skeffington](/source/Skeffington) in [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire), [England](/source/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](/source/Leighfield_Forest), which straddles Leicestershire and [Rutland](/source/Rutland).[1][2][3] It is a [Nature Conservation Review](/source/Nature_Conservation_Review) site, Grade II.[4]

These woods in the [Eye Brook](/source/Eye_Brook) valley date back at least to the thirteenth century. The dominant trees are [ash](/source/Fraxinus_excelsior) and [oak](/source/Quercus_robur). 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.[5]

Roads and footpaths go through some of the woods but others are private.

## 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: Leighfield Forest"](https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000882&SiteName=locking&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 November 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-map_2-0)** ["Map of Leighfield Forest"](http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271000270%27). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 November 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Living Landscapes"](http://www.lrwt.org.uk/what-we-do/living-landscapes/). Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 13 November 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). *A Nature Conservation Review*. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 84–85. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0521-21403-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0521-21403-3).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Leighfield Forest citation"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045555/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000270.pdf) (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from [the original](http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000270.pdf) (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 November 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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