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Great Oakley Meadow

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at the southern end of the site displays the ancient field system of Great Oakley. The dry ridges have diverse flora including
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There is access from Headway, opposite Frith Close.
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Ridge and furrow
OS grid
SP 863 856
Local Nature Reserve
Great Oakley
Corby
Northamptonshire
Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire
ridge and furrow
cowslip
knapweed
quaking-grass
Harpers Brook
cuckooflower
hairy sedge
"Great Oakley Meadow"
Archived
"Map of Great Oakley Meadow"


"Great Oakley Meadow"
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Local nature reserves in Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire
Glamis Meadow and Wood

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