Calender Meadows

Calender Meadows
	Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search	Northamptonshire
Grid reference	SP 685 749[1]
Interest	Biological
Area	3.1 hectares[1]
Notification	2012[1]
Location map	Magic Map

Calender Meadows is a 3.1 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Guilsborough in Northamptonshire.[1][2]

This is described by Natural England as "a nationally important site for its lowland unimproved neutral grassland". It has a wide variety of native herbs and grasses. There are herbs such as lady's bedstraw, meadow vetchling and common bird's-foot trefoil, and grasses include red fescue, sweet vernal-grass and false oat-grass.[3]

The site is private land with no public access.

References

"Designated Sites View: Calender Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
"Map of Calender Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
"Calender Meadows citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2017.

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[dsv-1] "Designated Sites View: Calender Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 March 2017.

[map-2] "Map of Calender Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 March 2017.

[3] "Calender Meadows citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2017.