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Grantham Canal SSSI
Site of Special Scientific Interest

Location	Leicestershire
Grid reference	SK 766 339
Interest	Biological
Area	9.5 hectares
Notification	1983
Location map	Magic Map

Grantham Canal SSSI is a 9.5-hectare (23-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest which runs along a stretch of the Grantham Canal and its banks between Redmile and Harby in Leicestershire.

This site has diverse aquatic and terrestrial habitats, which supports a varied insect community. The canal has floating plants such as fat duckweed and water fern, and there are breeding birds such as sedge warblers, moorhens and reed warblers.

There is access to the canal towpath.

References

^ "Designated Sites View: Grantham Canal". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
"Map of Grantham Canal". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
"Grantham Canal citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 12 November 2017.

52°53′42″N 0°52′01″W / 52.895°N 0.867°W / 52.895; -0.867

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