{{Infobox SSSI |image= Twenty Acre Piece 1.jpg |image_caption = |name= Twenty Acre Piece |aos= Leicestershire |interest=Biological |gridref={{gbmappingsmall| SK 641 210 }}<ref name=dsv/> |area = {{convert|8.1|ha|acre|abbr=on}}<ref name=dsv/> |notifydate= 1983<ref name=dsv/> |map=[http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271002040%27 ''Magic Map''] }} '''Twenty Acre Piece''' is an {{convert|8.1|ha|acre|adj=on}} biological [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] and registered [[common land]] east of [[Loughborough]] in [[Leicestershire]].<ref name=dsv>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1002040&SiteName=twenty&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Twenty Acre Piece | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 6 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=map>{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271002040%27|title=Map of Twenty Acre Piece|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 6 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://common-land.com/lands/view/5570|title=Burton Common|publisher=Common Land in England|accessdate= 6 November 2017}}</ref>
This site has grassland, scrub and wood on poorly drained acidic clay. The woodland is mainly [[Crataegus monogyna|hawthorn]], [[quercus robur|oak]] and [[Fraxinus excelsior|ash]], and there are diverse populations of breeding invertebrates and birds.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002040.pdf |title=Twenty Acre Piece citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 6 November 2017}}</ref>
There is access to the site by a neglected and overgrown footpath.
==References== {{reflist}} {{commons category|Twenty Acre Piece}}
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