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List Of Sites Of Special Scientific Interest In Warwickshire
This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Warwickshire. English Nature, the designating body for SSSIs in England, uses the 1974–1996 county system. The majority of these sites are locally managed by the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust. For other counties, see List of SSSIs by Area of Search. Sites References {{SSSI AOS lists Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon an ... Sites of Special ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sites Of Special Scientific Interest
A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of Man. SSSI/ASSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations in the United Kingdom are based upon them, including national nature reserves, Ramsar sites, Special Protection Areas, and Special Areas of Conservation. The acronym "SSSI" is often pronounced "triple-S I". Selection and conservation Sites notified for their biological interest are known as Biological SSSIs (or ASSIs), and those notified for geological or physiographic interest are Geological SSSIs (or ASSIs). Sites may be divided into management units, with some areas including units that are noted for both biological and geological interest. Biological Biological SSSI/ASSIs may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calcutt Locks Meadows
Calcutt, Calcott or Callcott may refer to: Places in England * Calcott, Kent * Calcutt, North Yorkshire * Calcott, Shropshire * ''Calcutt'', one of three hamlets comprising Grandborough, Warwickshire * Calcutt, Wiltshire * Calcott's Green, Gloucestershire Company * Calcott Brothers, former motor vehicle manufacturer in Coventry, England People * Augustus Wall Callcott (1779–1844), British landscape painter * Callcott Reilly (1828–1900), British engineer * David Calcutt (1930–2004), British barrister and public servant * Ernie Calcutt (1932–1984), Canadian sports commentator and radio news director * Florence Callcott (1866–1936), British artist and sculptor, wife of Frederick * Frederick T. Callcott (1854–1923), British sculptor * Helen Calcutt (born 1988), British poet and writer * John Callcott Horsley (1817–1903), English Academic painter of genre and historical scenes, illustrator, and designer of the first Christmas card * John Wall Callcott (1766–1821) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harbury Railway Cutting
Harbury is a village and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. It is about west-southwest of Southam and about southeast of Royal Leamington Spa. The parish includes the hamlet of Deppers Bridge. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 2,420. The village is on a ridge of lias up to high that runs roughly northeast – southwest. The parish covers . It is bounded by the River Itchen to the east, Fosse Way to the northwest, a minor road to the south and field boundaries on its other sides. Adjoining parishes are Bishop's Itchington, Bishop's Tachbrook, Chesterton, Ladbroke and Southam. The A425 road and the Chiltern Main Line pass through the parish just north of Harbury village. Junction 12 on the M40 motorway is about south of the village. History A middle Bronze Age burial (carbon dated 1530-1320 BCE) has been found near a Neolithic pit to the north-west of the village. Bronze Age pits and hearths, carbon dated to c. 100 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harbury Quarries
Harbury is a village and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. It is about west-southwest of Southam and about southeast of Royal Leamington Spa. The parish includes the hamlet of Deppers Bridge. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 2,420. The village is on a ridge of lias up to high that runs roughly northeast – southwest. The parish covers . It is bounded by the River Itchen to the east, Fosse Way to the northwest, a minor road to the south and field boundaries on its other sides. Adjoining parishes are Bishop's Itchington, Bishop's Tachbrook, Chesterton, Ladbroke and Southam. The A425 road and the Chiltern Main Line pass through the parish just north of Harbury village. Junction 12 on the M40 motorway is about south of the village. History A middle Bronze Age burial (carbon dated 1530-1320 BCE) has been found near a Neolithic pit to the north-west of the village. Bronze Age pits and hearths, carbon dated to c. 100 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy's Cliffe SSSI
Guy's Cliffe (variously spelled with and without an apostrophe and a final "e") is a hamlet and former civil parish on the River Avon and the Coventry Road between Warwick and Leek Wootton, in the parish of Leek Wootton and Guy's Cliffe, in the Warwick district, in Warwickshire, England, near Old Milverton. In 1961 the parish had a population of 2. Civil parish It is in the civil parish of Leek Wootton and Guy's Cliffe; the latter was ecclesiastically on the same boundaries a minor chapelry. The secular version of the unit (i.e. civil parish) was, for a time, the least populous third-tier local authority in England; from 1 April 1986 it was merged with Leek Wootton to become "Leek Wootton and Guy's Cliffe" civil parish. Guy's Cliffe became a parish in 1858. The name Guy's Cliffe originates from the name of the country house and estate that the land belonged to, which in turn was named after the cliff which the house itself was built on. The house has been in a ruined state sinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griff Hill Quarry
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Draycote Meadows
Draycote Meadows SSSI () is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, notified in 1973. The site is southwest of Rugby immediately to the north of Draycote village. It is accessed from the B4453, close to the A45's London Road interchange. The site is managed by the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust and is well known for its flower rich hay meadows and variety of butterflies. Description Draycote Meadows encompasses two areas of meadow, described as "ridge and furrow" meadows lying over clay soil. The northern meadow is cut for hay at the end of each summer while the southern meadow is normally used for summer grazing. The reserve covers Flora The two meadows at Draycote Meadows are species rich. Over 20,000 flower spikes of the green-winged orchids have been counted in some years, a sight which has been described as "breathtaking". Other wildflowers which can be seen here include cowslip, pepper saxifrage and the rare spiny restharrow. In addition, the grassland ferns adder’s- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross Hands Quarry
A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two intersecting lines or bars, usually perpendicular to each other. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally. A cross of oblique lines, in the shape of the Latin letter X, is termed a saltire in heraldic terminology. The cross has been widely recognized as a symbol of Christianity from an early period.''Christianity: an introduction'' by Alister E. McGrath 2006 pages 321-323 However, the use of the cross as a religious symbol predates Christianity; in the ancient times it was a pagan religious symbol throughout Europe and western Asia. The effigy of a man hanging on a cross was set up in the fields to protect the crops. It often appeared in conjunction with the female-genital circle or oval, to signify the sacred marriage, as in Egyptian amul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
