{{Infobox SSSI |image= Stanford Hall, Leicestershire - geograph.org.uk - 592911.jpg |image_caption = |name= Stanford Park |aos= Leicestershire |interest=Biological |gridref={{gbmappingsmall| SP 586 792 }}<ref name=dsv/> |area= {{convert| 20.4 |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%271001950%27 ''Magic Map''] }} '''Stanford Park''' is a {{convert| 20.4 |ha|acre|abbr=off}} biological [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] east of [[Swinford, Leicestershire|Swinford]] in [[Leicestershire]].<ref name=dsv>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001950&SiteName=stanford&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Stanford Park | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 16 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=map>{{cite web|url=http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271001950%27 |title=Map of Stanford Park|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 16 November 2017}}</ref>
The park has avenues of [[Quercus robur|oak]] trees, together with other large trees in an area of pasture. It has the most diverse lichens in the county on the bark of mature trees and on old stonework, including fifteen species not recorded elsewhere in Leicestershire.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001950.pdf |title=Stanford Park citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 15 November 2017}}</ref>
The park is the grounds of [[Stanford Hall, Leicestershire|Stanford Hall]], a stately home which is open to the public.
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