Great Merrible Wood
TypeNature reserve
LocationHallaton, Leicestershire
OS gridSP 834962
Area12 hectares
Managed byLeicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust

Great Merrible Wood is a 12 hectare nature reserve east of Hallaton in Leicestershire. It is owned and managed by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust, and is part of the Eye Brook Valley Woods Site of Special Scientific Interest.[1][2][3]

This is a surviving fragment of the medieval Leighfield Forest.[4] It is semi-natural ancient woodland with several unusual herbs, such as broadleaved helleborine, herb paris and violet helleborine. It is claimed to have the most diverse range of fungi in the county.[1]

There is access by a footpath from Stockerston Lane.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Great Merrible Wood". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Eye Brook Valley Woods". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Map of Eye Brook Valley Woods". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Eye Brook Valley Woods citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 October 2017.

52°33′25″N 0°46′16″W / 52.557°N 0.771°W / 52.557; -0.771

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