Loughborough Meadows

{{Short description|Nature reserve in Leicestershire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox SSSI |image= Pedestrian tunnel below railway line, Loughborough Meadows - geograph.org.uk - 695548.jpg |image_caption = |name= Loughborough Meadows |aos= Leicestershire |interest=Biological |gridref={{gbmappingsmall| SK 538 216 }}<ref name=dsv/> |area= {{convert| 60.5 |ha|acre|abbr=off}}<ref name=dsv/> |notifydate= 1987<ref name=dsv/> |map=[http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271002254%27 ''Magic Map''] }} '''Loughborough Meadows''' is a {{convert| 60.5 |ha|acre|abbr=off}} biological [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] on the northern outskirts of [[Loughborough]] in [[Leicestershire]], England.<ref name=dsv>{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1002254&SiteName=loughb&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Loughborough Meadows | 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%271002254%27 |title=Map of Loughborough Meadows|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 13 November 2017}}</ref> An area of {{convert| 35.3 |ha|acre|abbr=off}} is managed as a nature reserve by the [[Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust]].<ref name=LRWT>{{cite web|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/loughborough-big-meadow/ |title= Loughborough Big Meadow |publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust |accessdate= 13 November 2017}}</ref>

This is the largest area of unimproved [[alluvial]] flood meadow in the county, and wet areas are dominated by [[Agrostis stolonifera|creeping bent]] and [[marsh foxtail]]. A brook has large areas of [[marsh foxtail]], and there is a field with breeding [[Northern lapwing|lapwings]] and [[Common redshank|redshanks]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002254.pdf |title=Loughborough Meadows citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 13 November 2017}}</ref>

There is public access to the site.

==References== {{reflist}} {{commons category| Loughborough Meadows}}

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[[Category:Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust]] [[Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Leicestershire]]