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Yarley Meadows

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clays (Denchworth Series). They are waterlogged in the winter months and poorly drained. Mature hedges surround and breakup the meadows and there are ponds in two fields.
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which is also an SSSI. The meadows are unimproved neutral grassland. They are traditionally managed and support a diversity of species. Such grassland is now rare in the
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Stroud District Local Plan, adopted November 2005, Appendix 6 ‘Sites of Nature Conservation Interest’
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The site, which consists of three fields, is in the south of Gloucestershire and is adjacent to
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Natural England SSSI information on the Yarley Meadows unit
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Summarised data for all sites (biological and geological)
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The meadows support large numbers of butterflies such as
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Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire
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Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1987
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Site of Special Scientific Interest

Yarley Meadows is located in Gloucestershire
Location
Grid reference
ST757888
Coordinates
51°35′53″N 2°21′05″W / 51.597967°N 2.351496°W / 51.597967; -2.351496
hectare
Notification
Natural England website
grid reference
ST757888
biological Site of Special Scientific Interest
Gloucestershire
notified
Lower Woods
United Kingdom
Jurassic
Cretaceous
crested dog's-tail
sweet vernal-grass
Yorkshire fog
red fescue
quaking-grass
glaucous sedge
hairy sedge
soft rush
hard rush
dyer's greenweed

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