Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry

Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry is a 63.3 hectares (156 acres) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Worthington in Leicestershire.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3] An area of 33 hectares (82 acres) is managed as a nature reserve by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust.[4]

Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Cloud Wood
Area of SearchLeicestershire
Grid referenceSK 414 213[1]
InterestBiological
Geological
Area63.3 hectares (156 acres)[1]
Notification1987[1]
Location mapMagic Map

Cloud Wood is an ancient semi-natural wood on clay. It has a very diverse ground flora, including pendulous sedge, yellow archangel and giant bellflower. The quarry is a nationally important geological locality, exposing a Lower Carboniferous succession deposited in shallow seas.[5]

There is public access to most of the nature reserve, but not to the quarry.

References
  1. "Designated Sites View: Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  2. "Map of Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  3. "Breedon Cloud Quarry (Dinantian of Northern England & North Wales)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  4. "Cloud Wood". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  5. "Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

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