Burbage Wood and Aston Firs

UK Site of Special Scientific Interest

Burbage Wood and Aston Firs
Site of Special Scientific Interest

Location	Leicestershire
Grid reference	SP 452 940
Interest	Biological
Area	51.1 hectares
Notification	1983
Location map	Magic Map

Burbage Wood and Aston Firs is a 51.1-hectare (126-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Leicestershire.

Overview

These semi-natural woods on poorly drained soils are dominated by ash and oak. Hazel and hawthorn are common in the shrub layer, and there are flowers such as sweet woodruff and water avens.

There is public access to Burbage Wood, but Aston Firs is private.

Burbage Wood is part of Burbage Common and Woods, an 85 hectare Local Nature Reserve. The nature reserve is owned by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council who manage it as a nature reserve and a public park. The Common is unimproved heath-grassland and is historically common land. Such heathland was common in this area until land use changes in the 19th century.

References

^ "Designated Sites View: Burbage Wood and Aston Firs". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
"Map of Burbage Wood and Aston Firs". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
"Burbage Wood and Aston Firs citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
"Burbage Common and Woods". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 23 August 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
"Map of Burbage Common and Woods". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
"Burbage Common and woods". hinckley-bosworth.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
"Leicester, Leicestershire &Rutland BAP 2016-2016" (PDF). leicestershire.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2018.

External links

Official website

52°32′28″N 1°20′02″W / 52.541°N 1.334°W / 52.541; -1.334

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