Cherry Hill and The Gallops, Barton Mills facts for kids
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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| Area of Search | Suffolk |
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| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 10.4 hectares |
| Notification | 1985 |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Cherry Hill and The Gallops, Barton Mills is a 10.4 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Barton Mills in Suffolk. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2.
This site consists of road verges which have calcareous grassland with four nationally rare plants, and two locally uncommon ones, sand catchfly and yellow medick. There is also a strip of pine plantation which has several rare insects.
There is public access to these roadside verges along stretches of Herringswell Road and Worlington Road.
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