Maulden Church Meadow

Maulden Church Meadow
Site of Special Scientific Interest

Area of Search	Bedfordshire
Grid reference	TL059382
Interest	Biological
Area	4.1 hectares
Notification	1987
Location map	Magic Map

Maulden Church Meadow is a 4.1 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Maulden in Bedfordshire. It was notified in 1987 under section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, and the local planning authority is Central Bedfordshire Council.^[1]^[2] Most of it (3.3 hectares) is also a Local Nature Reserve, owned and managed by Central Bedfordshire Council.^[3]^[4]

The site is unimproved pasture on the Lower Greensand Ridge. It is a scarce environment due to modern agricultural methods. Most of it is neutral grassland with many grass and herb species, and there are small areas of acidic grassland. An open pond has aquatic plants, while two ponds which have been filled in have a varied marsh vegetation. Hedges and trees provide shelter for butterflies and dragonflies.^[1] There are many anthills produced by yellow meadow ants.^[3]

There is access from the end of Church Lane.^[3]

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References

1 2 "Maulden Church Meadow citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
↑ "Map of Maulden Church Meadow". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
1 2 3 "Maulden Church Meadow". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
↑ "Map of Maulden Church Meadow". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 24 August 2015.

Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Bedfordshire

Biological	Barton Hills Blow's Down Cooper's Hill Deacon Hill Dropshort Marsh Dunstable and Whipsnade Downs Fancott Woods and Meadows Felmersham Gravel Pits Flitwick Moor Galley and Warden Hills Hanger Wood Houghton Regis Marl Lakes Kings and Bakers Woods and Heaths Kings Wood and Glebe Meadows, Houghton Conquest Knocking Hoe Marston Thrift Maulden Church Meadow Maulden Heath Maulden Wood and Pennyfather's Hill Nares Gladley Marsh Odell Great Wood Potton Wood Pulloxhill Marsh Sandy Warren Smithcombe, Sharpenhoe and Sundon Hills Southill Lake and Woods Stevington Marsh Sundon Chalk Quarry Swineshead Wood Tebworth Marsh Tilwick Meadow Totternhoe Chalk Quarry Totternhoe Knolls Wavendon Heath Ponds Yelden Meadows

Geological	Biddenham Pit Double Arches Pit Kensworth Chalk Pit Nine Acres Pit Totternhoe Stone Pit

Local Nature Reserves in Bedfordshire

Bedford	Bromham Lake Browns Wood Fenlake Meadows Harrold-Odell Country Park Hill Rise Mowsbury Hill Park Wood Putnoe Wood

Central Bedfordshire	Cooper's Hill Cottage Bottom Fields Flitton Moor Flitwick Wood Henlow Common and Langford Meadows Kings Wood and Glebe Meadows Marston Thrift Maulden Church Meadow The Riddy Stotfold Mill Meadows Totternhoe Knolls

Luton	Galley and Warden Hills

Coordinates: 52°01′52″N 0°27′29″W / 52.031°N 0.458°W / 52.031; -0.458

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