Terrace Hills Pasture

{{Infobox SSSI |image= Terrace Hill Pasture 7.jpg |image_caption = |name= Terrace Hills Pasture |aos= Leicestershire |interest=Biological |gridref={{gbmappingsmall| SK 794 309}}<ref name=dsv/> |area= 11.3 hectares<ref name=dsv/> |notifydate= 1983<ref name=dsv/> |map=[http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271001980%27 ''Magic Map''] }} '''Terrace Hills Pasture''' is an {{convert|11.3|hectare|acre|adj=on}} biological [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] north of [[Eastwell, Leicestershire|Eastwell]] in [[Leicestershire]].<ref name=dsv>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001980&SiteName=terrace&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Terrace Hills Pasture | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 27 August 2017}}</ref><ref name=map>{{cite web|url=http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271001980%27 |title=Map of Terrace Hills Pasture|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 27 August 2017}}</ref>

This site has been designated an SSSI as an example of old [[calcareous]] pasture, but some areas are former quarries, and as a result there is an undulating terrain. The dominant grasses are [[crested dog's-tail]], [[sweet vernal grass]] and [[red fescue]], and there is also a small stream with an area of marsh.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001980.pdf|title=Terrace Hills Pasture citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate=27 August 2017|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234724/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001980.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The site is composed of two adjoining fields. There is no public access to the larger western field, but a public footpath goes through the smaller eastern one.

==References== {{reflist}} {{commons category|Terrace Hill Pasture}}

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