Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
![]() Mawsley Marsh | |
Location | Northamptonshire |
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Grid reference | SP 809 766 [1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 12.3 hectares [1] |
Notification | 1984 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Birch Spinney and Mawsley Marsh is a 12.3-hectare (30-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Broughton in Northamptonshire. [1] [2]
Birch Spinney is a rare type of ash-maple woodland partly on peat. Mawsley Marsh is described by Natural England as "one of the finest remaining Northamptonshire marshes", with flora including blunt-flowered rush, jointed rush and water horsetail. There is also a stretch of a dismantled railway line. [3]
There is no access to the site but a footpath from Great Cransley (not Mawsley) runs along the boundary of Mawsley Marsh.
52°22′55″N 0°48′43″W / 52.382°N 0.812°W
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
![]() Mawsley Marsh | |
Location | Northamptonshire |
---|---|
Grid reference | SP 809 766 [1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 12.3 hectares [1] |
Notification | 1984 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Birch Spinney and Mawsley Marsh is a 12.3-hectare (30-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Broughton in Northamptonshire. [1] [2]
Birch Spinney is a rare type of ash-maple woodland partly on peat. Mawsley Marsh is described by Natural England as "one of the finest remaining Northamptonshire marshes", with flora including blunt-flowered rush, jointed rush and water horsetail. There is also a stretch of a dismantled railway line. [3]
There is no access to the site but a footpath from Great Cransley (not Mawsley) runs along the boundary of Mawsley Marsh.
52°22′55″N 0°48′43″W / 52.382°N 0.812°W