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Twenty Acre Piece
Site of Special Scientific Interest

Location	Leicestershire
Grid reference	SK 641 210
Interest	Biological
Area	8.1 ha (20 acres)
Notification	1983
Location map	Magic Map

Twenty Acre Piece is an 8.1-hectare (20-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest and registered common land east of Loughborough in Leicestershire.

This site has grassland, scrub and wood on poorly drained acidic clay. The woodland is mainly hawthorn, oak and ash, and there are diverse populations of breeding invertebrates and birds.

There is access to the site by a neglected and overgrown footpath.

References

^ "Designated Sites View: Twenty Acre Piece". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
"Map of Twenty Acre Piece". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
"Burton Common". Common Land in England. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
"Twenty Acre Piece citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 November 2017.

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Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Leicestershire