Newark & Sherwood District Council
   
Appendix D - Sites of Importance to Nature Conservation
   
 
Grade One Biological Sites
Newstead Park (including River Leen System) Grid Ref: SK5480-5422
An impressive variety of habitats of faunal and floral importance
 
Rainworth Lakes (SSSI) Grid Ref: SK5832-5839
A site containing fine base-poor marshes and open-water plant communities, with scrub and woodland
 
Rainworth Heath (SSSI) Grid Ref: SK5908-5913
A site with some of the best remaining areas of wet and dry heath in Nottinghamshire - of botanical and zoological interest
 
Redgate Woods (SSSI) Grid Ref: SK6780-5998
A substantial area of deciduous woodland with a diverse character and a notable flora
 
Oxton Bogs Grid Ref: SK6149-5151
A site of importance for its hydrophilic plan and invertebrate communities
 
Halam Reservoir Grid Ref: SK6616-5460
An excellent sample of species-rich grassland on calcareous clay soils
 
Mansey Common (SSSI) Grid Ref: SK6851-6077
An excellent herb-rich grassland with developing scrub
 
Wellow Park (SSSI) Grid Ref: SK6849-6711
An extensive area of semi-natural woodland with important animal and plan communities
 
Walesby Forest Grid Ref: SK6682-7056
A large area of importance for its characteristic and acid grassland and heath communities - of botanical and zoological interest
 
Hoveringham Pasture (SSSI) Grid Ref: SK7079-4659
An excellent example of Trent alluvial flood plain grazing land
 
Coppice, Mather and Lady Woods (SSI) Grid Ref: SK7248-5909
A rich and varied deciduous woodland on damp clay soils - of botanical and zoological interest
 
South Muskham Gravel Pits SK7954-5602
An excellent complex of pools, scrub and ruderal habitats among old gravel workings - of particular ornithological value
 
Kirton Wood Grid Ref: SK7074-6842
A mature deciduous site with a notable community of woodland plant species and of additional zoological interest
 
Laxton West Field Sykes (SSSI) Grid Ref: SK7111-6744
Species-rich grassland strips and farm adjoining West Field - of botanical, zoological and historical significance
 
Laxton South Field Sykes (SSSI)
Species-rich grassland strips and farm tracks adjoining South Field - of botanical and historical significance
 
Eakring Meadows Grid Ref: SK7061-6209
An importance sequence of wet meadows and scrub of considerable botanical interest
 
Staunton Quarry Grid Ref: SK8043-4585
A valuable area of wetland, grassland and scrub communities on base-rich soils - of botanical and invertebrate zoological interest
 
Old Trent Oxbow, Spalford Grid Ref: SK8241-6948
An excellent aquatic and bankside flora developed along an abandoned river channel
 
Spalford Warren (SSSI) Grid Ref: SK8325-6808
An important grass-heath habitat of a type of very restricted inland occurrence - although largely planted with conifers, substantial areas of sandland plant communities survive
 
Roe Wood (SSSI) Grid Ref: SK6996-5891
A fine example of the central Nottinghamshire woodland series with a very rich woodland flora and fauna
 
Clipstone Forest Grid Ref: SK6141-6233
An expanse of commercial, mostly coniferous, forestry within which occur numerous ephemeral heathland areas of botanical and vertebrate zoological interest
 
Sherwood Forest (SSSI) Grid Ref: SK6167-6829
An extensive remnant of the historic Sherwood Forest including excellent examples of the characteristic heathland and woodland communities - of profound and diverse zoological interest with, in particular, a nationally important invertebrate fauna
 
Perlethorpe Forest Grid Ref: SK6397-6923
Mature deciduous woodland on an acidic sandy substrate - an important remnant of the once extensive Sherwood Forest
 
Thoresby Lake (SSSI) Grid Ref: SK6328-7048
An artificial lake comprising, along with adjacent grassland and marsh communities, an outstanding mixed habitat assemblage
 
Darnsyke Marsh Grid Ref: SK8553-7390
An excellent community of tall marshy grassland and aquatic and emergent plant species
 
Besthorpe Gravel Pits Grid Ref: SK8180-6505
An excellent mixed habitat assemblage of scrub, open-water and emergent communities of considerable zoological, and some botanical, importance
 
Cotham Station Grid Ref: SK7989-4600
Species-rich calcareous grassland and scrub developed on an ex-industrial site
 
Epperstone Dumble (South) Grid Ref: SK6558-5018
The best remaining example of this unusual riparian woodland feature in Nottinghamshire
 
Rufford Country Park Grid Ref: SK6459-6513
A mosaic of woodland, wetland and grassland habitats of considerable faunal and botanical interest
 
Sherwood Forest Golf Course (SSSI) Grid Ref: SK5855-6150
An extensive mosaic containing acidic habitats of faunal and floral value
 
Clipstone Heath (SSSI) Grid Ref: SK6001-6112
An important area of dry acid heathland of botanical and zoological significance
 
Grade One Geological Sites
 
The Druid Stone, Blidworth Grid Ref: SK5787-5581
An isolated pillar of well-cemented glacial gravels standing on a bse of the Nottingham Castle Formation (Bunter Pebble Beds)
 
Grade Two Biological Sites
 
Harlow Wood Grid Ref: SK5579-5728
An extensive coniferous plantation with a noteworthy flora
 
Woodland, Rainworth Grid Ref: SK5891-5881
An excellent acidic decidous woodland habitat
 
Black Pool Grid Ref: SK5995-6711
An ombrotrophic woodland pool with a notable flora
 
Bradmer Hill Cutting Grid Ref: SK5787-6605
A used railway with a notable Sherwood Sandstone trackside flora
 
Park Farm Dumble Grid Ref: SK6443-5807
A characteristic dumble community of botanical significance
 
Rainworth Forest Grid Ref: SK5879-5943
An extensive coniferous plantation with deciduous portions and a noteworthy ground flora in parts
 
Mansfield Colliery Railway Grid Ref: SK5845-6199
A scrubby length of railway with a notable acidic flora
 
Clipstone Drive, Edwinstowe Grid Ref: SK5929-6680
Mature deciduous woodland
 
Kingstone Drive Plantation Grid Ref: SK6031-7101
Deciduous woodland with a valuable acidic ground flora
 
Longdale Lane Plantation Grid Ref: SK5905-5367
An extensive, predominantly coniferous, plantation of faunal and floral interest
 
Winthorpe Bridge Lakes Grid Ref: SK8005-5671
Two lakes of ornithological significance
 
Wolfeleyhill Lane Meadow Grid Ref: SK6550-5418
A meadow with a diverse grass content and some herb interest
 
Brockley Farm Meadow Grid Ref: SK6621-5421
A species -rich damp hay meadow
 
Henry's Grove Grid Ref: SK6519-7027
A mixed woodland of zoological interest
 
Thistly Coppice Grid Ref: SK6690-4929
An attractive and characteristic Mercia Mudstone woodland and associated dumble
 
Scar Gap Pasture, Goverton Grid Ref: SK7000-4974
A neutral grassland with a good range of herb and grass species
 
Thurgarton Beck Dumble Grid Ref: SK6769-4935
A short stretch of brook with a character and flora similar to that of a dumble
 
Foxhole Wood Grid Ref: SK6794-4964
A mature broadleaved plantation an old skerry pits
 
Spital Wood and Dumble Grid Ref: SK6828-4847
An old coppice and riparian woodland with a mixed deciduous canopy
 
Bulcote Wood Grid Ref: SK6468-4518
An old but degraded damp woodland retaining a notable ground flora in parts
 
Lowdham Pastures Grid Ref: SK6748-4669
Two scrubby pastures retaining an interesting flora
 
Bentley Wood Grid Ref: Sk6690-4875
A degraded but valuable old woodland
 
Crowhill Wood and Summerhouse Plantation Grid Ref: Sk6804-5888
A large area of secondary scarp woodland
 
Westhorpe Dumble Grid Ref: SK6818-5278
A characteristic dumble
 
Halloughton Verge Grid Ref: SK6950-5134
A herb-rich roadside verge
 
Rosselle Wood Grid Ref: SK6488-5117
An old woodland site of botanical value
 
Combs Wood Grid Ref: SK6385-5489
A mixed plantation with a locally notable woodland herb community
 
Jackson's Wood Grid Ref: SK6491-5429
A valuable semi-natural scarp woodland
 
Epperstone Dumble (North) Grid Ref: SK6604-5083
A good dumble with a characteristic flora
 
Halloughton Wood Grid Ref: SK6739-5171
An old woodland site of some zoological and botanical note
 
Kirklington Mill Ponds Grid Ref: SK6698-5732
An attractive mosaic of rich aquatic and woodland habitats
 
Thorndale Plantation Grid Ref: SK6190-5072
A mature deciduous woodland with both avian and botanical interest
 
Mansfield Road Pasture, Edingley Grid Ref: SK6608-5593
An attractive pasture with a characteristic flora
 
Edingley Beck Pasture Grid Ref: SK6622-5585
A notable horse-grazed pasture
 
Rob Lane Bank Grid Ref: SK6445-5470
Scattered scrub over a relict grassland community with associated secondary woodland
 
Oxton Lakes Grid Ref: SK6320-5148
An old ornamental pond system with aquatic and marginal plant communities
 
Halloughton Dumble Grid Ref: SK6810-5038
A long and striking landscape feature with characteristic woodland plant communities
 
Farnsfield Disused RailwayGrid Ref: SK6454-5720
A sizeable linear habitat of dry grassland and scrub
 
Epperstone Park Grid Ref: SK6394-5000
A large ancient coppice site retaining botanical interest in spite of widespread felling and replanting
 
Oxton Dumble Grid Ref: SK6439-5249
A densely wooded riparian cutting
 
Hagley's Plantation Grid Ref: SK6919-6095
A mature broadleaved wood of some botanical value
 
Alder Carr, Inkersall Grid Ref: SK6342-6034
A thick canopy of mixed deciduous species over an acidic community of some interest
 
Eakring Brail Wood Grid Ref: SK6665-6082
An old woodland site retaining considerable interest in spite of large scale replanting
 
Wellow Dam Grid Ref: SK6685-6648
A popular fishing pond with well-developed aquatic and marginal communities
 
Dilliner Wood Grid Ref: SK6873-6048
An ancient woodland site of some interest and importance
 
Boughton Brake Ride Grid Ref: SK6711-6960
A narrow strip of acidic grassland bordering a large tract of conifers
 
Bevercotes Park (Remainder) Grid Ref: SK6949-7111
A largely replanting ancient woodland site retaining locally a notable range of characteristic species
 
Blyth Corner WetlandGrid Ref: SK6449-7325
A notable acid marsh community
 
Egg Pond Grid Ref: SK6439-7204
A notable acid marsh community
 
New Park Wood and Scotland Bank Grid Ref: SK6572-6489
A mostly devastated old woodland site retaining some features of botanical interest
 
Flintham Wood Grid Ref: SK7264-4855
A well wooded river bluff
 
River Devon (North of Cotham) Grid Ref: SK7891-4961
A historically interesting water course with valuable riparian features and a locally diverse aquatic flora
 
Muskham Wood Grid Ref: SK7413-5753
A good woodland habitat
 
Spring Wood, Averham Grid Ref: SK7412-5560
A characteristic Mercia Mudstone woodland with a diverse ground flora
 
Park Spring Wood Grid Ref: SK7235-5839
A woodland that retains considerable botanical and zoological interest, especially along its rides
 
Brinkley Pond Grid Ref: SK7255-5268
A notable aquatic and ruderal community around a dry pond
 
Pond, Fiskerton cum Morton Grid Ref: SK7311-5013
A field pond with notable aquatic animal and plan communities
 
Fiskerton Mill Stream and Pond Grid Ref: SK7407-5189
A slow flowing stream with its associated mill pond supporting a notable aquatic flora
 
Cheveral Wood Grid Ref: SK7305-5660
A sizeable mature deciduous woodland. A large valuable ancient woodland, chronicled in the Doomsday Book. The canopy is variously dominated by ash or sycamore with wych elm, crab apple and pedunculate oak. The understory contains hazel, dogwood, wild privet and field rose - all species suggesting an ancient origin. The ground flora includes frequent patches of dogs mercury with enchanters nightshade, pignut, primrose, moschatel, wood sedge and rough stalked meadow grass.
 
Worner Wood Grid Ref: SK7627-5926
A mature deciduous woodland with a characteristic species composition
 
Kelham Hall Shingle Bank Grid Ref: SK7728-5473
A point bar in the River Trent with developing scrub and ruderal communities
 
Fiskerton Station Grasslands Grid Ref: SK7322-5212
A string of long-established and generally unimproved pastures
 
Kelham Hill Grasslands Grid Ref: SK7636-5611
A series of good, slightly damp, ridge and furrow grasslands
 
Carlton Wood Grid Ref: SK7729-6460
A mature, mainly deciduous, plantation on an historical woodland site
 
Hare Hill Grid Ref: SK7080-6258
A valuable woodland site with herb-rich rides
 
High Wood Grid Ref: SK7399-6395
An old woodland site containing a notable remnant ground flora
 
Broadwaters Wood Grid Ref: SK7590-6344
A characteristic and still mostly deciduous Mercia Mudstone wood
 
Brunk Wood Grid Ref: SK7435-6142
A primary woodland site with a typically diverse flora
 
Park Wood Grid Ref: SK7509-6127
An old coppice
 
North Wood Grid Ref: SK7493-6572
A rather disturbed but notable mature deciduous woodland
 
Laxton Wood Grid Ref: SK7237-6478
A mature deciduous site of some interest
 
Laxton Middle Wood Grid Ref: SK7295-6470
A sizeable area of mostly deciduous woodland
 
Laxton Wood Roadside Verge Grid Ref: SK7282-6445
An interesting verge with an unusual mixture of woodland and grassland herbs
 
Kneesall Green Verge Grid Ref: SK7237-6435
A herb-rich grassland community on a damp roadside verge
 
Brickyard Plantation, Kneesall Grid Ref: SK7067-6353
A mature deciduous plantation with a species-rich ground flora
 
Norton Wood Grid Ref: SK7023-6796
A locally typical deciduous woodland with an open canopy
 
Lady Wood Grid Ref: SK7560-6832
A woodland with botanically diverse communities
 
Lake Plantation Grid Ref: SK7577-6555
A mature broadleaved plantation around Ossington Lake
 
Laxton Mill Field Sykes Grid Ref: SK7178-6656
Extremely herb-rich grassland strips around the Mill Field, of historical and botanical importance
 
Bank by East Park Wood, Laxton Grid Ref: SK7378-5093
A small species-rich remnant of a once notable grassland
 
Ballast Pit, Newark Grid Ref: SK8095-5308
A long-disused ballast pit supporting open water and carr communities
 
Langford Moor/Stapleford Woods Grid Ref: SK8523-5550
Valuable plant and animal communities along rides and in drainage ditches throughout this coniferous forestry plantation
 
Railway Pond, Balderton Grid Ref: SK8315-5140
Important scrub and open water habitats developed on a long-disused ballast pit
 
Balderton Gravel Pit Grid Ref: SK8089-5209
A large flooded ballast pit with notable marginal and scrub communities
 
The Fleet, Winthorpe Grid Ref: SK8187-5774
A notable mosaic of aquatic, marginal and marshy grassland habitats
 
Beacon Hill Woodland and Scrub Grid Ref: SK8123-5379
Secondary woodland, scrub and interesting open grassy areas developed on an old infill site
 
The Fleet, Girton Grid Ref: SK8250-6572
A large aquatic site with a species-rich emergent and aquatic plant community
 
Horse Pool, Collingham Grid Ref: SK8137-6182
A small pool with a surprising diversity of aquatic plants
 
Girton Grasslands Grid Ref: SK8269-6611
An excellent sequence of damp species-rich grasslands
 
Blackpool Grassland, Besthorpe Grid Ref: SK8205-6415
A well managed hay meadow with a species-rich sward
 
Blackpool, Besthorpe Grid Ref: SK8208-6430
A pool with a locally characteristic aquatic and marginal flora
 
Ballast Pit, Besthorpe Grid Ref: SK8183-6446
A pool with a notable aquatic flora set in a species-rich meadow
 
Sand Lane Grasslands, Besthorpe Grid Ref: SK8292-6543
An area of acidic grasslands and scrub developed on Quaternary blown sands with notable communities of birds and calcifuge plants
 
Gainsborough Road Verges, Spalford Grid Ref: SK8285-6823
Dry sandy roadside verges with a plant community of very restricted distribution in the county
 
Oxpasture Drain Grid Ref: SK8787-7221
A broad drainage channel with an outstanding array of aquatic species
 
Road Wood Grid Ref: SK8520-7351
A locally characteristic acidic woodland site of botanical and zoological value
 
West Wood Grid Ref: SK8491-7252
A remnant of locally characteristic acid woodland
 
Fountain Dale Grid Ref: SK5639-5667
A damp, open valley woodland with drying out fish pools, and clearings of an acidic character
 
Providence Farm Wood and Scrub Grid Ref: SK5745-5687
A small but notable area of acid heath among woodland and scrub
 
Cave Pond Wood Grid Ref: SK5735-5727
A notable damp acidic woodland along Rainworth Water
 
Blidworth Bottoms Plantation Grid Ref: SK5994-5453
A characteristic area of mixed forestry plantations
 
Eakring Road Plantation, Rufford Grid Ref: SK5929-6147
A notable array of heathland flowering plant species flourishing in a range of man-made habitats (including plantations and railway embankments) in this area - in addition a site of profound zoological importance
 
New Clipstone Tunnel Grid Ref: SK5899-6281
An interesting grassland and scrub community developed around the mouths of a road tunnel
 
Vicar Pond Grid Ref: SK5950-6291
A well used fishing pond with a notable aquatic plant community
 
Cutts Wood (Part) Grid Ref: SK6463-6270
A mature deciduous compartment of semi-natural character
 
Caravan Site Scrub, Bilsthorpe Grid Ref: SK6430-6113
A small area of disturbed and scrubby sandland habitat
 
Railway Grassland, Clipstone Grid Ref: SK6032-6392
A notably diverse acidic grassland and scrub community
 
New Lodge Plantation Grid Ref: SK6078-6596
A significant area of semi-natural broadleaved woodland around Clipstone Archway
 
Ploughman Wood Grid Ref: SK6310-4689
A large and noteworthy area of mature deciduous woodland
 
Nursery Garden Pastures, Lowdham Grid Ref: SK6618-4648
Characteristic horse-grazed pastures with a good range of common grass and herb species
 
Skithorne Rise Verges Grid Ref: SK6635-4590
Species rich trackside verges
 
Nottingham Road Pasture, Lowdham Grid Ref: SK6636-4548
A notable area of grassland and scrub in an otherwise improved pasture
 
Ivy Cottage Pastures Grid Ref: SK6678-4729
Two herb-rich pastures with sizeable communities of hydrophilic species along Dover Beck
 
Grassland, Caythorpe Grid Ref: SK6775-4629
A ridge and furrow grassland and common herbs and grasses in a notable density
 
Damp Meadow, Caythorpe Grid Ref: SK6817-4586
An exceptional unimproved meadow
 
Trentside Pastures, Gunthorpe Grid Ref: SK6919-4448
A significant complex of species-rich alluvial grasslands
 
Gonalston Crossing Meadow Grid Ref: SK6852-4700
A noteworthy neutral grassland plant community
 
Mill Farm Meadows Grid Ref: SK6856-4652
Two species-rich meadows
 
Lansic Lane Meadows Grid Ref: SK6926-4651
Four notable species-rich meadows
 
Spitalwood Dumble Pastures Grid Ref: SK6893-4854
Herb-rich grasslands
 
Pasture, Hoveringham Grid Ref: SK6961-4706
A species rich grassland
 
Gravel Pits, Thurgarton Grid Ref: SK7050-4859
A mosaic of wetland, scrub and grassland habitats on disused gravel workings
 
Drain, Gonalston Grid Ref: SK6904-4759
A length of species rich drain
 
Thurgarton Village Grasslands Grid Ref: SK6970-4950
Three horse-grazed paddocks of note
 
High Cross and Goverton Hill Verges Grid Ref: SK7032-5057
A notable grassland community on broad roadside verges
 
River Trent, Staythorpe Grid Ref: SK7648-5298
A good representative stretch of the River Trent with broad aquatic margins
 
Gawburn Loop Grid Ref: SK7569-5034
A characteristic meander of the River Trent with typical marginal communities
 
River Trent (Gunthorpe to Fiskerton) Grid Ref: SK7163-4719
A representative length of the River Trent of high wildlife value
 
The Nabbs Grid Ref: SK7338-4938
A large and valuable community of gravel colonists and scrub developed on an island in the River Trent, providing a habitat of diverse wildlife interest
 
Devon Grasslands, Newark LNR (part) Grid Ref: SK7864-5255
A sequence of notable wet riverside pastures
 
Rainworth Water Piece Grid Ref: SK5935-5877
A valuable mosaic of acidic grassland and scrub
 
Disused Railway, Rainworth Grid Ref: SK6055-5883
Heathland plant association in a steep sided cutting
 
Hartswell Farm Meadow Grid Ref: SK6429-5444
A sloping meadow with associated stream and marsh communities
 
Greaves Lane Pasture Grid Ref: SK6341-5421
A notable damp pasture
 
Arable, Farnsfield Grid Ref: SK6390-5686
An arable field with a characteristic and diverse weed community
 
Ricketwood Farm Hedges Grid Ref: SK6545-5093
Shrub rich hedgerows
 
Birkhouse Wood Reservoir Grid Ref: SK6473-5172
A covered reservoir with a good collection of meadow species
 
Honeyknab Lane Meadow Grid Ref: SK6370-5231
A hay meadow with a herb rich grassland community
 
Honeyknab Lane Grid Ref: SK6420-5268
Hedges and species rich verges along a little used lane
 
Grassland, Farnsfield Grid Ref: SK6482-5582
A meadow with a diverse herb community
 
Rob Lane Grid Ref: SK6415-5469
A most interesting green lane and wooded cutting
 
Wolfeley Hill Lane Grid Ref: SK6551-5410
An attractive green lane with species rich hedgerows
 
Radley Lane Dumble Grid Ref: SK6623-5305
Woodland and scrub along a stream cutting
 
Carvers Hollow Pasture Grid Ref: SK6534-5477
A steeply sloping species rich pasture
 
Hexgreave Park Grid Ref: SK6563-5858
A representative area of old deciduous woodland
 
Order Beck Pasture Grid Ref: SK6532-4882
A notable density of herbs with common grasses in a horse-grazed paddock
 
Cotmoor Lane Grid Ref: SK6700-5204
Broad wooded trackside verges
 
Edingley Beck Meadow Grid Ref: SK6713-5619
A poorly drained species rich meadow
 
Springs Farm Railway Grasslands Grid Ref: SK6703-5674
Two sizeable and traditionally managed grasslands
 
Spring Farm Meadows Grid Ref: SK6682-5678
A shaded drain through grasslands with a notable diversity of common grasses
 
Cotmoor Plantation Grid Ref: SK6700-5211
A damp deciduous woodland with a diverse flora
 
Westhorpe Dumble Head Drain Grid Ref: SK6686-5249
An unlikely association of uncommon grassland species on the banks of a drain
 
Cutlersforth Lane Grid Ref: SK6654-5367
Broad herb-rich verges
 
Halam Meadow Grid Ref: SK6787-5427
A sloping herb-rich meadow
 
Gray Lane Grid Ref: SK6648-5474
A scrubby herb rich trackside community
 
Halloughton Wood Farm Lane Hedge Grid Ref: SK6818-5141
A length of hedgerow with a good shrub diversity
 
Brackenhurst Grid Ref: SK6962-5224
A notable array of herb species in an ornamental setting
 
Potwell Dyke Grasslands Grid Ref: SK7034-5345
A very good, though at present unmanaged, grassland community
 
Potwell Dyke Meadow Grid Ref: SK6978-5338
A species rich grassland
 
Far Round Plantation Piece Grid Ref: SK6070-5985
A notable association of acidic grassland and heathland species
 
Wall, Farnsfield Grid Ref: SK6434-5687
A roadside wall of particular botanical interest
 
Firtree Farm Field Grid Ref: SK6223-6476
A notable collection of arable weed species in a section of a large arable field
 
Edwinstowe Sports Centre Grassland Grid Ref: SK6169-6637
A small conservation area with some grassland species of note
 
River Maun, Edwinstowe Grid Ref: SK6122-6584
A wooded length of river with associated riparian habitats
 
Edwinstowe Station Grid Ref: SK6243-6616
A small but notable strip of acidic grassland adjacent to the disused station
 
Railway, Bilsthorpe Grid Ref: SK6459-6119
An acid heathland community along a working mineral line
 
Mill Lane, Eakring Grid Ref: SK6715-6170
A species rich green lane
 
Eakring Brail Reservoir Top Grid Ref: SK6651-6055
Scrub encroached areas of species rich neutral and acidic grassland
 
Pit Hole Meadow Grid Ref: SK6642-6307
An excellent meadow with a diverse flora
 
Bilsthorpe to Ollerton Disused Railway Grid Ref: SK6698-6442
A long linear mosaic of grassland, scrub and woodland habitats
 
Flash Lane Grassland Grid Ref: SK6823-6467
An isolated meadow with a notable association of flowering plant species
 
Dilliner Wood Farm Meadow Grid Ref: SK6966-6021
A characteristic, though somewhat disturbed, Mercia Mudstone grassland
 
Long Plantation Bridleway Grid Ref: SK6071-7152
A bridleway with a notable association of plant species
 
Holme Dyke Meadow, Fiskerton Grid Ref: SK7312-4972
An excellent example of a low-lying Trent alluvial grassland
 
Bleasby Meadow Grid Ref: SK7244-4947
A damp alluvial grassland
 
Syerston Churchyard Grid Ref: SK7466-4749
A well established grassland community
 
Trent Lane Wood Grid Ref: SK7370-4895
A small but characteristic area of deciduous woodland
 
Mineral Line, Cotham Grid Ref: SK7993-4788
Scrub and base rich grassland along a disused railway line
 
Moor Lane Pond, Syerston Grid Ref: SK7495-4745
A notable aquatic community in a small field pond
 
Bleasby Road Grassland Grid Ref: SK7031-4975
A species rich grassland with ridge and furrow
 
Morton Meadow Grid Ref: SK7259-5197
A damp species rich meadow
 
Pollard Lane Meadow Grid Ref: SK7089-5308
An excellent neutral grassland association
 
New Road Meadow, Fiskerton Grid Ref: SK7239-5208
A damp species rich neutral grassland with a particularly valuable central drain
 
Brinkley Farm Meadow Grid Ref; SK7150-5245
A locally typical species rich grassland
 
Causeway Lane Grasslane, Fiskerton Grid Ref: SK7239-5188
A notable species rich grassland
 
Shady Lane Pasture Grid Ref: SK7068-5390
A noteworthy grassland in an urban location
 
Crew Lane Grasslands, Southwell Grid Ref: SK7121-5387
Four fine base rich grasslands
 
Upton Road Grasslands, Southwell Grid Ref: SK7139-5422
A series of four traditionally managed grasslands
 
Glebe Farm Pasture, Hockerton Grid Ref: SK7151-5670
A notable grassland community
 
Claypit Lane Meadow, Fiskerton Grid Ref: SK7302-5141
A characteristic, species rich Trent Valley meadow
 
Meadow, Fiskerton cum Morton Grid Ref: SK7356-5019
A characteristic Trent Valley meadow
 
Greenaway Fish Ponds Grid Ref: SK7428-5275
Noteworthy communities of aquatic plants on a series of shallow moats and fish ponds in a grazed pasture.
 
Fiskerton Mill Grasslands Grid Ref: SK7388-5158
Two species rich hay meadows
 
Occupation Lane Pastures, Fiskerton Grid Ref: Sk7311-5221
Two notable horse grazed pastures
 
Occupation Lane Drain, Fiskerton Grid Ref: SK7343-5232
A scrubby drain with a notable bankside and aquatic flora
 
Southwell Racecourse Grasslands Grid Ref: SK7332-5304
Species rich grasslands and drains within the racecourse circuit
 
Church Meadow Lane Meadow, Upton Grid Ref: SK7333-5371
A species rich hay meadow
 
Gorse Hill Lane Grid Ref: SK7345-5603
An interesting marshy green lane and associated pond
 
Swillow Lane Grid Ref: SK7535-5189
A notable diversity of shrub species in the scrubby hedges along Swillow Lane and adjacent rights of way
 
Stock Yard Bank, Staythorpe Grid Ref: SK7687-5374
A dry neutral grassland community developed within the Staythorpe Power Station complex
 
Boughton Scrub (North and South) Grid Ref: SK6861-6828
An extensive mosaic of woodland, scattered scrub and grassland of zoological interest
 
Farndon willow Holt Grid Ref: SK7664-5208
An excellent wet woodland plant community
 
Old Trent dyke Grid Ref: SK7804-5384
A species rich aquatic community in a secondary channel of the River Trent
 
Long Lane Grassland, Farndon Grid Ref: SK7750-5262
A god association of common grassland species
 
Trentside meadows, Farndon Grid Ref: SK7755-5303
A sequence of traditional alluvial grasslands
 
Great North Road Grasslands Grid Ref: SK7929-5465
A series of diverse meadows with damp hollows
 
Dairy Farm Railway Strip, Newark Grid Ref: SK7865-5397
A notable damp community of woodland, scrub and wetland species
 
Grassland, Newark Grid Ref: SK7859-5334
A grazed Trentside pasture with depressions supporting a notable inundation community
 
Kelham Road Grassland Grid Ref: SK7840-5484
A herb rich grassland
 
Moorhouse Lane Grassland Grid Ref: SK7899-5781
An important area of neutral and rather more acidic grasslands incorporating a very species rich drain
 
Grassland, Kneesall Grid Ref: SK6925-6315
A good mixed habitat of wet species rich grassland, grading into drier unimproved grassland and scrub
 
Kneesall Wood Grid Ref: 7189-6476
A large area of mostly semi-natural broadleaved woodland
 
Green Lane, Kneesall Grid Ref: SK7105-6544
A species rich green lane running into Laxton Mill Field Sykes
 
The Elms Farm Meadow Grid Ref: SK7138-6189
A species rich hay meadow
 
Laxton Motte and Bailey Grid Ref: SK7202-6759
A notable botanical association on an old earthwork
 
Laxton Churchyard Grid Ref: SK7221-6702
Scattered trees over a herb rich grassland
 
Moat Farm Pasture Grid Ref: SK7319-6877
A rough pasture whose interest centres on the marsh around the ancient finger pool
 
Laxton Road Pasture, Egmanton Grid Ref: SK7311-6829
A species rich bank in an otherwise improved pasture on the site of an old brick pit
 
Laxton Road Verges, Egmanton Grid Ref: SK7300-6827
Broad verges with a notable grassland community
 
Spring Farm Pond, Ossington Grid Ref: SK7513-6408
Successional aquatic, marginal, scrub and woodland communities
 
Green Lane, Ossington Grid Ref: SK7420-6368
A notable grassland community along a green lane
 
Park Wood Meadow Grid Ref: SK7546-6142
A rather course but species rich hay meadow
 
Highland Lane Grid Ref: SK7531-5397
A notable grassland community on the verges of a farm lane
 
Broadwaters Willow Bed Grid Ref: SK7569-6379
A worked willow (Salix) holt with associated marshy grassland
 
Norwell Meadows Grid Ref: SK7795-6180
Species rich hay meadows
 
Grassthorpe Corner Grid Ref: SK7947-6809
A disturbed but species rich pocket of grassland
 
Willoughby Hill Roadside Verge Grid Ref: SK7007-6970
A base rich grassland community on the verge of a main road
 
St Mary’s Church Yard, Staunton in the Vale Grid Ref: SK8052-4328
A Shady churchyard with a notable flora
 
Staunton Works Grid Ref: SK7995-4407
A disturbed area of land behind the Staunton Gypsum Works with notable botanical and zoological communities
 
Lowfield Lane Grasslands, Balderton Grid Ref: SK8124-5109
Damp alluvial grasslands
 
Works Meadow, Balderton Grid Ref: SK8089-5124
A small remnant of species rich grassland
 
Beacon Hill Gypsum Works Grid Ref: SK8147-5448
Disused gypsum workings now colonised by dense scrub and cacicole herb communities
 
Shire Dyke Gird Ref: SK8355-5043
A representative stretch of a species rich drain
 
Wheatley Hill Verges Grid Ref: SK8386-6009
Notably herb rich verges along little used lanes
 
Balderton Industrial Estate Grassland Grid Ref: SK8309-4902
A neglected site with a notable calcicole grassland community
 
Witham Pastures Grid Ref: SK8490-5176
A sequence of damp grasslands on alluvial soils
 
Newark Golf Course, Kelwick Grid Ref: SK8546-5391
A good mixed habitat association of acidic grassland, heath and deciduous woodland.
 
Turfmoor Grid Ref: SK8572-5872B
A tract of commercial forestry with notable acidic communities along the rides – a site of particular invertebrate zoological interest.
 
Witham Flood Bank, Beckingham Grid Ref: SK8733-5347
A rank ruderal grassland habitat
 
Staunton Park Pastures Grid Ref: SK8118-4298
Two damp grasslands of botanical interest
 
Folly Hill Copse Grid Ref: SK8198-4377
A small but valuable area of deciduous woodland
 
The Ness Trentside, North Muskham Grid Ref: SK8044-6054
A varied dry grassland community on the Trent floodbank
 
Trent Meadows, Sutton on Trent Grid Ref: SK8065-6509
A notable series of hay meadows with a rich alluvial grassland association
 
Meadows by North Holme, Sutton on Trent Grid Ref: SK8039-6620
Species rich alluvial hay meadows
 
Slough Dyke Grid Ref: SK8175-5943
A representative length of steam with a notable bankside flora
 
Collingham Boundary Hedge Grid Ref: SK8186-6078
A tall parish boundary hedge with a good shrub diversity
 
Northcroft Lane Meadow Grid Ref: SK8224-6291
A small herb rich hay meadow
 
Cow Wath Dyke Grid Ref: SK8179-6294
A representative length of an interesting stream
 
The Fleet Grassland, Girton Grid Ref: SK8259-6567
A damp grassland grading into the bankside vegetation of the Fleet
 
Mons Pool Gravel Pits Grid Ref: SK8175-6380
Mature deciduous woodland surrounded by large areas of open water formed on gravel workings – of particular zoological interest
 
Green Lane Grassland, Girton Grid Ref: SK8230-6838
A remnant of species rich grassland beside former gravel pits
 
Girton Gravel Pits Grid Ref: SK8202-6705
A large mosaic of semi-natural and successional communities on disused gravel pits
 
Primrose Hill Grid Ref: SK8307-6496
Coarse acidic grassland developed on periglacial drift deposits
 
Gainsborough Road Grasslands, Girton Grid Ref: SK8285-6721
Good examples of characteristically species-poor acid grassland developed on blown sands
 
South Scarle Grassland Grid Ref: SK8465-6387
A notable ridge and furrow meadow
 
Besthorpe Road Verge Grid Ref: SK8327-6539
A short length of verge with a notable plant association
 
Sand Lane, Spalford Grid Ref: SK8337-6922
An unusual association of botanical interest on a roadside verge
 
Arable, Spalford Grid Ref: SK8416-6850
A representative community of sandy arable weeds
 
A1133 Verge, Spalford Grid Ref: SK8319-6968
A diverse grassland community on a broad roadside verge
 
Arable, South Clifton Grid Ref: SK8250-7040
A local community of unusual arable weeds
 
Wigsley Airfield Pool Grid Ref: SK8585-6988
A notable aquatic community in and around a pond of recent origin
 
Wigsley Park Wood Grid Ref: SK8490-7090
A typical open woodland of light freely draining soils
 
Wigsley Wood Grid Ref: SK8509-7028
An historic wood that retains both faunal and floral interest
 
North Harby Verge Grid Ref: SK8851-7282
A species rich roadside verge, cut for hay
 
River Devon, Staunton Grid Ref: SK8040-4310
A notable length of water course
 
Kelham Hills Grid Ref: SK7602-5629
A predominantly mature, deciduous woodland, largely of zoological interest
 
Gunthorpe Lakes Grid Ref: SK6705-4432
A large area of abandoned gravel workings of ornithological importance
 
Gonalston Lane Grassland, Epperstone Grid Ref: SK6633-4755
A species rich damp grassland with valuable drains
 
Dover Beck Grassland, Epperstone Grid Ref: SK6624-4762
A notable species rich grassland adjacent to Dover Beck
 
Old Mill House Meadow, Bleasby Grid Ref: SK6990-4985
A species rich hay meadow
 
Meadows, Edingley Grid Ref: SK6586-5503
Hay meadows with good species diversity
 
Meadow, Halm Grid Ref: SK6665-5377
A good hay meadow community
 
Back Dyke Grassland, Cotham Grid Ref: SK9900-4740
A species rich grassland adjacent to Back Dyke
 
Meadows, Hoveringham Grid Ref: SK7078-4698
Hay meadows with good species diversity
 
Grasslands, Rolleston Grid Ref: SK7585-5172
Species rich grasslands with ridge and furrow
 
Hawton Civil War Fort Grid Ref: SK7854-5125
A notable pasture community on an archaeological site
 
Trentside Grasslands, Rolleston Grid Ref: SK7624-5159
Valuable damp pastures
 
Grasslands, Norwell Grid Ref: SK7638-6151
A species rich grassland community
 
Balderton Hospital Grassland Grid Ref: SK8272-5028
A species rich grassland community in the hospital grounds
 
Trentside Pastures, Newark Grid Ref: SK8001-5499
A notable grassland community alongside the Newark Branch of the River Trent
 
Beesthorpe Plantation Grid Ref: SK7284-6058
A small area of semi-natural deciduous woodland with a notable ground flora
 
Jubilee Ponds, Bleasby Grid Ref: SK
Abandoned gravel workings of zoological and botanical interest
 
Pickerel Pond, Gibsmere
Large open body of water or ornithological interest
 
Grade Two Geological Sites
 
Rainworth Railway Cutting Grid Ref: SK6055-5883
A good exposure of the Nottingham Castle Formation (Bunter Pebble Beds)
 
Edingley Hill Road Cutting Grid Ref: SK6681-5561
An exposure of the Colwick Formation (Waterstones) showing good sedimentary features
 
Outcrop by Red Lion, Farnsfield Grid Ref: SK6458-5668
A good exposure of the Nottingham Castle Formation (Bunter Pebble Beds)
 
Kirton Brick Pit, Ollerton Grid Ref: SK6932-6804
A working brick pit exposing the Mercia Mudstone Group (Keuper Marl) and the Colwick Formation (Waterstones)
 
Bantycock Gypsum Pit, Newark Grid Ref: SK8111-5017
A quarry showing the complete geological succession of the area, from the Mercia Mudstone Group (Keuper Marl) through to the Lower Lias, and also the mode of gypsum occurrence
 
Old Stone Pits, Staunton in the Vale Grid Ref: SK8042-4581
An abandoned quarry containing an interesting spoil heap of fossiliferous Lower Lias limestone
 
Maun River Cliff, Clipstone Grid Ref: SK5785-6421
A steep river cliff exposing the junction of the Lenton Sandstone Formation (Lower Mottled Sandstone) and the Nottingham Castle Formation (Bunter Pebble Beds)
 
 
 
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