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Bere Mill Meadows

Coordinates: 51°13′37″N 1°19′12″W / 51.227°N 1.320°W / 51.227; -1.320
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Bere Mill Meadows
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationHampshire
Grid referenceSU 476 477[1]
InterestBiological
Area10.3 hectares (25 acres)[1]
Notification1985[1]
Location mapMagic Map

Bere Mill Meadows is a 10.3-hectare (25-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Whitchurch in Hampshire.[1][2]

These damp meadows in the flood plain of the River Test have a network of ditches with plants such as floating sweet-grass and lesser water-parsnip. The meadows have a rich variety of wet grassland herbs, including bogbean, ragged-robin, water avens, marsh valerian and southern marsh orchid.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Bere Mill Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Map of Bere Mill Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Bere Mill Meadows citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

51°13′37″N 1°19′12″W / 51.227°N 1.320°W / 51.227; -1.320