| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 High Meadow | |
| Location | Northamptonshire |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | SP 591 547 |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 16.5 hectares |
| Notification | 1984 |
| Location map | Magic Map |
High Wood and Meadow is a 16.5-hectare (41-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Farthingstone and Preston Capes in Northamptonshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
The wood is ancient and semi-natural on acid soils. It has diverse ground flora, including yellow pimpernel, hairy wood-rush and broad-leaved helleborine. The meadow is acid grassland of a type which is now uncommon, and there are also areas of neutral grassland and marsh on silty peat. There are many ant hills of the yellow meadow ant.
There is (unsignposted) access from the Knightley Way footpath.
References
- ^ "Designated Sites View: High Wood and Meadow". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- "Map of High Wood and Meadow". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- "High Wood and Meadow". Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- "High Wood and Meadow citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
52°11′17″N 1°08′10″W / 52.188°N 1.136°W / 52.188; -1.136
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