:Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust

{{Short description|Charitable organisation focused on environmental conservation in Leicestershire and Rutland, England}}

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The Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust (LRWT) is one of 46 wildlife trusts across the United Kingdom. It manages nature reserves in Leicestershire and Rutland, and was founded in 1956 as the Leicestershire and Rutland Trust for Nature Conservation. As of January 2018, it has over 16,000 members,{{efn|Members receive a reserves guide, a magazine three times a year and a discount on an annual permit to Rutland Water.{{cite web|url=http://www.lrwt.org.uk/support-us/become-member/|title=Become a member|publisher=Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust|access-date=28 January 2018|archive-date=27 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127014925/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/support-us/become-member/|url-status=live}} }} a staff of about 25 and more than 500 volunteers. It is based in Leicester, and is managed by a Council of Trustees which is elected by the members.{{cite web|url=http://www.lrwt.org.uk/about-us/organisation/|title=Organisation|publisher=Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust|access-date=23 January 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818035517/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/about-us/organisation/|archive-date=18 August 2017}} It is a charity which covers all aspects of nature conservation, and works to protect wild places and wildlife.{{cite web|url=http://www.lrwt.org.uk/about-us/vision/|title=Vision|publisher=Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust|access-date=23 January 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818034040/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/about-us/vision/|archive-date=18 August 2017}}

Leicestershire has an area of {{convert|833|sqmi|sqkm}},{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Leicestershire|title=Leicestershire|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=18 December 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024232023/https://www.britannica.com/place/Leicestershire|archive-date=24 October 2017}} and a population according to the 2011 census of 980,000.{{cite web|url=https://www.llep.org.uk/our-economy/key-statistics/our-population/|title=Our Population|publisher=Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership|access-date=18 December 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171218162613/https://www.llep.org.uk/our-economy/key-statistics/our-population/|archive-date=18 December 2017}} Leicester City Council is a unitary authority,{{cite web|url=https://www.leicester.gov.uk/your-council/about-us/|title=About us|publisher=Leicester City Council|access-date=18 December 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602073918/https://www.leicester.gov.uk/your-council/about-us/|archive-date=2 June 2017}} and the rest of the county is administered by Leicestershire County Council at the top level, with seven district councils in the second tier, Blaby, Charnwood, Harborough, Hinckley and Bosworth, Melton, North West Leicestershire and Oadby and Wigston.{{cite web|url=https://www.leicestershire.gov.uk/find-your-local-council|title=Find your local council|publisher=Leicestershire County Council|access-date=18 December 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424151902/http://www.leicestershire.gov.uk/find-your-local-council|archive-date=24 April 2016}} Rutland is mainly rural, but has two market towns, Oakham, the county town, and Uppingham.{{cite web|url=https://www.le.ac.uk/emoha/community/rutland.html|title=Rutland|series=East Midlands Oral History Archive|publisher=University of Leicester|access-date=20 November 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919162520/http://www.le.ac.uk/emoha/community/rutland.html|archive-date=19 September 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.discover-rutland.co.uk/discover-rutland/oakham|title=Oakham|publisher=Discover Rutland|access-date=20 November 2017|archive-date=29 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329183829/https://www.discover-rutland.co.uk/discover-rutland/oakham|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rutland.gov.uk/my-council/how-the-council-works/about-us/|title=About us|publisher=Rutland County Council|access-date=11 December 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211125858/https://www.rutland.gov.uk/my-council/how-the-council-works/about-us/|archive-date=11 December 2017}} The county has an area of {{convert |151.5|sqmi|sqkm|abbr=off}}, and the 2011 census showed a population of 37,400.{{cite web|url= https://www.rutland.gov.uk/EasySiteWeb/GatewayLink.aspx?alId=26041|pages=6, 39|title=Rutland Key Statistical Data|publisher=Rutland County Council|date=November 2016}}

LRWT manages thirty-three reserves covering almost {{convert| 1,200|ha|acre|-3}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/|title=Nature Reserves|publisher=Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust|access-date=23 January 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818032939/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/|archive-date=18 August 2017}} Nineteen are designated Sites of Special Scientific Interest, two are national nature reserves, one is a Ramsar internationally important wetland site, one is a Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds, two are Nature Conservation Review sites, three contain Geological Conservation Review sites, one contains a scheduled monument, one is a local nature reserve and two are owned by the National Trust. The largest is Rutland Water at {{convert| 393 |ha|acre}}, a major wetland area which is one of the richest reservoirs for wintering wildfowl in the country.{{cite web|url=https://necmsi.esdm.co.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1001220.pdf|title=Rutland Water citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=11 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811221938/https://necmsi.esdm.co.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1001220.pdf|archive-date=11 August 2017|df=dmy-all}} The smallest is Bloody Oaks Quarry at {{convert| 1.3 |ha|acre}}, which has species-rich grassland on Jurassic limestone.

Sites

=Public access=

PP = public access to part of site
YES = public access to the whole or most of the site

=Other classifications=

GCR = Geological Conservation Review
LNR = Local nature reserve

NCR = Nature Conservation Review
NNR = National nature reserve
NT = National Trust
Ramsar = Ramsar site, an internationally important wetland site
SM = Scheduled monument
SPA = Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds
SSSI = Site of Special Scientific Interest

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" !scope="col" \| Site !scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Photograph !scope="col" data-sort-type="number"\| Area{{efn\|name=LRWT\|The area and location are taken from the Wildlife Trust page for each site.}} !scope="col" \| Location{{efn\|name=LRWT}} !scope="col" \|Public access !scope="col" \|Classifications !scope="col" class="unsortable" \|Description
scope="row"\| Altar Stones{{cite web \|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/altar-stones/ \|title= Altar Stones \|publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170812002523/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/altar-stones/ \|archive-date= 12 August 2017 }} \|File:Altar Stones 9.jpg \| {{convert\| 3.7 \|ha\|acre \|sortable=on\|disp=br()}} \|Leicester {{coord\|52.692
1.284 \|type:landmark_region:GB\|name= Altar Stones }} {{gbmappingsmall\|SK 485107 }} \|YES \| \|This site has outcrops of Precambrian volcanic rocks, which have uncommon lichens growing on them. The main habitat is heath grassland, and there are the remains of drystone walls and an old mill.
scope="row"\| Bloody Oaks Quarry{{cite web \|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/bloody-oaks-quarry/ \|title= Bloody Oaks Quarry \|publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170811013555/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/bloody-oaks-quarry/ \|archive-date= 11 August 2017 }} \|File:Bloody Oaks Quarry - geograph.org.uk - 166460.jpg \| {{convert\| 1.3 \|ha\|acre \|sortable=on\|disp=br()}} \|Stamford {{coord\| 52.686
0.566 \|type:landmark_region:GB\|name= Bloody Oaks Quarry }} {{gbmappingsmall\| SK 970108 }} \|YES \|SSSI{{cite web \|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003393&SiteName=&countyCode=35&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= \|title= Designated Sites View: Bloody Oaks Quarry \|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest \|publisher= Natural England \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|archive-date= 11 December 2017 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171211125859/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003393&SiteName=&countyCode=35&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= \|url-status= live }} \|This site has species-rich grassland on Jurassic limestone. The dominant grasses are tor-grass and upright brome and flora include rock-rose, salad burnet, yellow-wort and autumn gentian.{{cite web\|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003393.pdf\|title=Bloody Oaks Quarry citation\|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest\|publisher=Natural England\|access-date=10 August 2017\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000220/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003393.pdf\|archive-date=4 March 2016}}
scope="row"\| Charley Woods{{cite web \|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/charley-woods/ \|title= Charley Woods \|publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170811235155/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/charley-woods/ \|archive-date= 11 August 2017 }} \|File:Fallen tree at Charley Woods - geograph.org.uk - 350255.jpg \| {{convert\| 26.8 \|ha\|acre \|sortable=on\|disp=br()}} \|Loughborough {{coord\| 52.729
1.297 \|type:landmark_region:GB\|name= Charley Woods }} {{gbmappingsmall\|SK 476148 }} \|YES \| \|These ancient woods are dominated by pedunculate oak, with sparse ground flora. There is a considerable amount of dead wood, which attracts a variety of birds, including all three native species of woodpecker.
scope="row"\| Charnwood Lodge{{cite web \|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/charnwood-lodge/ \|title= Charnwood Lodge \|publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170809180021/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/charnwood-lodge/ \|archive-date= 9 August 2017 }} \|File:The Bomb Rocks, Charnwood Lodge SSSI, Charnwood Forest.jpg \| {{convert\| 193.5 \|ha\|acre \|sortable=on\|disp=br()}} \|Coalville {{coord\| 52.735
1.323 \|type:landmark_region:GB\|name= Charnwood Lodge }} {{gbmappingsmall\| SK 458155 }} \|PP \|GCR,{{cite web \|url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=1403 \|title= Charnwood Lodge (Precambrian of England & Wales) \|series= Geological Conservation Review \|publisher= Joint Nature Conservation Committee \|access-date= 8 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170809211444/http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=1403 \|archive-date= 9 August 2017 }}{{cite web \|url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=2819 \|title= Charnwood Lodge & Warren Hills (Precambrian of England & Wales) \|series= Geological Conservation Review \|publisher= Joint Nature Conservation Committee \|access-date= 8 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170809171657/http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=2819 \|archive-date= 9 August 2017 }} NNR,{{cite web\|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/leicestershires-national-nature-reserves/leicestershires-national-nature-reserves\|title=Leicestershire's National Nature Reserves\|date=31 October 2008\|publisher=Natural England\|access-date=8 August 2017\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809172501/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/leicestershires-national-nature-reserves/leicestershires-national-nature-reserves\|archive-date=9 August 2017}} SSSI{{cite web \|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003563&SiteName=charnwood&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= \|title= Designated Sites View: Charnwood Lodge \|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest \|publisher= Natural England \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|archive-date= 24 January 2018 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180124225156/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003563&SiteName=charnwood&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= \|url-status= live }} \|This is the largest area of moorland in the East Midlands, and it is mainly covered by bracken on dry hills, while wet heath is dominated by purple moor-grass. The site is geologically important for the 'bomb' rocks, volcanic blocks dating the Ediacaran period around 600 million years ago.{{cite web\|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003563.pdf\|title=Charnwood Lodge citation\|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest\|publisher=Natural England\|access-date=22 September 2017\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042724/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003563.pdf\|archive-date=4 March 2016}}
scope="row"\| Cloud Wood{{cite web \|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/cloud-wood/ \|title= Cloud Wood \|publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170811150846/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/cloud-wood/ \|archive-date= 11 August 2017 }} \|File:Cloud Wood 2.jpg \| {{convert\| 33 \|ha\|acre \|sortable=on\|disp=br()}} \|Loughborough {{coord\| 52.789
1.383 \|type:landmark_region:GB\|name= Cloud Wood }} {{gbmappingsmall\| SK 417214 }} \|PP \|SSSI{{cite web\|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003433&SiteName=&countyCode=26&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=\|title= Designated Sites View: Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry\|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest\|publisher= Natural England\|access-date= 11 August 2017\|url-status= live\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180124225157/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003433&SiteName=&countyCode=26&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=\|archive-date= 24 January 2018}} \|Cloud Wood is an ancient semi-natural wood on clay. The dominant trees are ash and pedunculate oak, and ground flora is very diverse, including pendulous sedge, yellow archangel and giant bellflower.{{cite web\|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003433.pdf\|title=Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry citation\|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest\|publisher=Natural England\|access-date=19 November 2017\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225952/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003433.pdf\|archive-date=3 March 2016}}
scope="row"\| Cossington Meadows{{cite web \|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/cossington-meadows/ \|title= Cossington Meadows \|publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170811235158/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/cossington-meadows/ \|archive-date= 11 August 2017 }} \|File:Cossington Meadows - geograph.org.uk - 132171.jpg \| {{convert\| 88.9 \|ha\|acre \|sortable=on\|disp=br()}} \|Leicester {{coord\| 52.711
1.118 \|type:landmark_region:GB\|name= Cossington Meadows }} {{gbmappingsmall\| SK 597130 }} \|YES \| \|Flora on this wetland site include flowering rush, purple loosestrife and blue water-speedwell. There are several pools which attract wildfowl, such as gadwall and tufted duck, which breed on the site.
scope="row"\| Cribb's Meadow{{cite web \|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/cribbs-meadow/ \|title= Cribb's Meadow \|publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170809173816/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/cribbs-meadow/ \|archive-date= 9 August 2017 }} \|File:Cribb's Meadow 1.jpg \| {{convert\| 5 \|ha\|acre \|sortable=on\|disp=br()}} \|Grantham {{coord\| 52.759
0.669 \|type:landmark_region:GB\|name= Cribb's Meadow }} {{gbmappingsmall\|SK 899188 }} \|YES \|NCR,{{cite book\|editor-first=Derek \|editor-last=Ratcliffe \|title=A Nature Conservation Review\|volume=2 \|page= 158\|authorlink=Derek Ratcliffe \|publisher= Cambridge University Press\|location =Cambridge, UK \|year=1977\|isbn= 0521-21403-3 }} NNR, SSSI{{cite web \|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003735&SiteName=cribb&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= \|title= Designated Sites View: Cribb's Lodge Meadows \|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest \|publisher= Natural England \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170904154026/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003735&SiteName=cribb&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= \|archive-date= 4 September 2017 }} \|The embankment of a disused railway runs through this ridge and furrow neutral meadow on boulder clay. The diverse flora includes adder's tongue fern, pepper saxifrage, hayrattle and green-winged orchid.{{cite web\|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003735.pdf\|title=Cribb's Lodge Meadows citation\|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest\|publisher=Natural England\|access-date=4 September 2017\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072802/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003735.pdf\|archive-date=4 March 2016}}
scope="row"\| Croft Pasture{{cite web \|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/croft-pasture/ \|title= Croft Pasture \|publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170809175933/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/croft-pasture/ \|archive-date= 9 August 2017 }} \|File:Stile into water. - geograph.org.uk - 1136395.jpg \| {{convert\| 5.8 \|ha\|acre \|sortable=on\|disp=br()}} \|Leicester {{coord\| 52.588
1.251 \|type:landmark_region:GB\|name= Croft Pasture }} {{gbmappingsmall\| SP 509958 }} \|YES \|SSSI{{cite web \|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003760&SiteName=croft&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= \|title=Designated Sites View: Croft Pasture \|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest \|publisher=Natural England \|access-date=11 August 2017 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110115954/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003760&SiteName=croft&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= \|archive-date=10 November 2017 }} \|The River Soar runs through this unimproved grazed meadow, which is dominated by common bent and crested dog's-tail. A knoll in the north of the site has uncommon flora such as meadow saxifrage, common stork's-bill and subterranean clover.{{cite web\|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003760.pdf\|title=Croft Pasture citation\|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest\|publisher=Natural England\|access-date=9 November 2017\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000548/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003760.pdf\|archive-date=4 March 2016}}
scope="row"\| Dimminsdale{{cite web \|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/dimminsdale/ \|title= Dimminsdale \|publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170809175359/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/dimminsdale/ \|archive-date= 9 August 2017 }} \|File:Dimminsdale Nature Reserve - geograph.org.uk - 331478.jpg \| {{convert\| 23.5 \|ha\|acre \|sortable=on\|disp=br()}} \|Coalville {{coord\| 52.793
1.444 \|type:landmark_region:GB\|name= Dimminsdale }} {{gbmappingsmall\| SK 376219 }}{{efn\|Dimminsdale is partly in Derbyshire.}} \|PP \| GCR,{{cite web \|url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=1630 \|title= Earl Ferrers' Lead Mine (Mineralogy of Peak District, Leicestershire, Cheshire & Shropshire) \|series= Geological Conservation Review \|publisher= Joint Nature Conservation Committee \|access-date= 11 November 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171111205331/http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=1630 \|archive-date= 11 November 2017 }} SSSI{{cite web \|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1005587&SiteName=dimmins&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= \|title= Designated Sites View: Dimminsdale \|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest \|publisher= Natural England \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180124225157/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1005587&SiteName=dimmins&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= \|archive-date= 24 January 2018 }} \|Dimminsdale has semi-natural woodland and one of the largest areas of unimproved acidic grassland in the county. Earl Ferrers' lead mine, which is located on the site, has a unique and complex mixture of minerals such as galena and zinc blende.{{cite web\|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1005587.pdf\|title=Dimminsdale citation\|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest\|publisher=Natural England\|access-date=11 November 2017\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062231/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1005587.pdf\|archive-date=4 March 2016}}
scope="row"\| Great Merrible Wood{{cite web \|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/great-merrible-wood/ \|title= Great Merrible Wood \|publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170809174842/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/great-merrible-wood/ \|archive-date= 9 August 2017 }} \|File:Great Merrible Wood 7.jpg \| {{convert\| 12 \|ha\|acre \|sortable=on\|disp=br()}} \|Uppingham {{coord\|52.557
0.771 \|type:landmark_region:GB\|name= Great Merrible Wood }} {{gbmappingsmall\| SP 834962 }} \|YES \|SSSI{{cite web\|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1004440&SiteName=eye%20brook&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= \|title=Designated Sites View: Eye Brook Valley Woods \| series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest\|publisher=Natural England\|access-date = 11 August 2017}} \|This is a surviving fragment of the medieval Leighfield Forest.{{cite web\|url= http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1004440.pdf\|title= Eye Brook Valley Woods citation\|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest\|publisher= Natural England\|access-date= 2 October 2017\|url-status= live\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304024828/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1004440.pdf\|archive-date= 4 March 2016}} It is semi-natural ancient woodland with several unusual herbs, such as broadleaved helleborine, herb paris and violet helleborine. It is thought to have the most diverse fungi of any wood in the county.
scope="row"\| Holwell Reserves{{cite web \|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/holwell-reserves/ \|title= Holwell Reserves \|publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170812001317/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/holwell-reserves/ \|archive-date= 12 August 2017 }} \|File:Brown's Hill Quarry - geograph.org.uk - 1183115.jpg \| {{convert\| 16.4 \|ha\|acre \|sortable=on\|disp=br()}} \|Melton Mowbray {{coord\| 52.803
0.902 \|type:landmark_region:GB\|name= Holwell Reserves }} {{gbmappingsmall\| SK 741234 }} \|YES \| \|Former quarries on this site have soil which is low in nutrients and lime-rich, creating conditions for many species of wildflower to flourish. Old mine tunnels are used by Natterer's, Daubenton's, brown long-eared and pipistrelle bats.
scope="row"\| Kelham Bridge{{cite web \|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/kelham-bridge/ \|title= Kelham Bridge \|publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170811230443/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/kelham-bridge/ \|archive-date= 11 August 2017 }} \|File:Kelham Bridge Nature Reserve - geograph.org.uk - 1571161.jpg \| {{convert\| 8.1 \|ha\|acre \|sortable=on\|disp=br()}} \|Coalville {{coord\| 52.704
1.399 \|type:landmark_region:GB\|name= Kelham Bridge }} {{gbmappingsmall\| SK 407120 }} \|YES \| \|The conversion of this former sewage disposal site to a nature reserve was completed in 2002. The River Sence has been diverted to create meanders, extending flooded areas and reedbeds; 101 bird, 19 butterfly and 16 dragonfly species have been recorded.
scope="row"\| Ketton Quarry{{cite web \|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/ketton-quarry/ \|title= Ketton Quarry \|publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170811145525/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/ketton-quarry/ \|archive-date= 11 August 2017 }} \|File:Hummocks at Ketton Quarry, Rutland.jpg \| {{convert\| 27.5 \|ha\|acre \|sortable=on\|disp=br()}} \|Stamford {{coord\| 52.637
0.558 \|type:landmark_region:GB\|name= Ketton Quarry }} {{gbmappingsmall\| SK 977053}} \|YES \|SSSI{{cite web \|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000210&SiteName=&countyCode=35&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= \|title= Designated Sites View: Ketton Quarries \|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest \|publisher= Natural England \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180124225156/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000210&SiteName=&countyCode=35&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= \|archive-date= 24 January 2018 }} \|Calcareous grassland on this site provides a habitat for rare moths, grizzled and dingy skipper butterflies, common lizards and adders. There are also areas of woodland, which have the only yellow bird's-nest plants in the county, and scrub, which is valuable for birds such as the turtle dove.
scope="row"\| Launde Woods{{cite web \|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/launde-woods/ \|title= Launde Woods \|publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170809174527/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/launde-woods/ \|archive-date= 9 August 2017 }} \|File:Launde Big Wood, with derelict cottage - geograph.org.uk - 168431.jpg \| {{convert\| 99 \|ha\|acre \|sortable=on\|disp=br()}} \|Leicester {{coord\| 52.624
0.842 \|type:landmark_region:GB\|name= Launde Woods}} {{gbmappingsmall\| SK 785036 }} \|YES \|SSSI{{cite web \|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000241&SiteName=launde&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= \|title= Designated Sites View: Launde Big Wood \|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest \|publisher= Natural England \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|archive-date= 24 January 2018 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180124225157/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000241&SiteName=launde&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= \|url-status= live }} \|This site is in two separate areas. Launde Big Wood is ancient semi-natural woodland with a rich ground flora, including wood anemone, wood forget-me-not and sweet woodruff. Most of Launde Park Wood has been planted with conifers, but the northern third has the same range of plants as the Big Wood.
scope="row"\| Lea Meadows{{cite web \|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/lea-meadows/ \|title= Lea Meadows \|publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170812003209/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/lea-meadows/ \|archive-date= 12 August 2017 }} \|File:Lea Meadows 9.jpg \| {{convert\| 12 \|ha\|acre \|sortable=on\|disp=br()}} \|Leicester {{coord\| 52.699\| -1.253 \|type:landmark_region:GB\|name= Lea Meadows }} {{gbmappingsmall\| SK 506115 }} \|YES \|SM,{{cite web \|url= https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1009167 \|title= Moat at Lea Meadows \|publisher= Historic England \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170812021501/https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1009167 \|archive-date= 12 August 2017 }} SSSI{{cite web \|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1002060&SiteName=ulverscroft&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= \|title= Designated Sites View: Ulverscroft Valley \|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest \|publisher= Natural England \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180101030020/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1002060&SiteName=ulverscroft&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= \|archive-date= 1 January 2018 }} \|Over 240 species of plants have been recorded on these unimproved marshy meadows, and there is a stream which has white-clawed crayfish and brook lampreys, both of which are legally protected. Part of the site is surrounded by a medieval moat.
scope="row"\| Loughborough Big Meadow{{cite web \|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/loughborough-big-meadow/ \|title= Loughborough Big Meadow \|publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170809174826/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/loughborough-big-meadow/ \|archive-date= 9 August 2017 }} \|File:Loughborough Big Meadow - geograph.org.uk - 422808.jpg \| {{convert\| 35.3 \|ha\|acre \|sortable=on\|disp=br()}} \|Loughborough {{coord\| 52.791
1.204 \|type:landmark_region:GB\|name= Loughborough Big Meadow }} {{gbmappingsmall\| SK 538218 }} \|YES \|SSSI{{cite web \|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1002254&SiteName=loughborough&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= \|title= Designated Sites View: Loughborough Meadows \|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest \|publisher= Natural England \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180124225157/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1002254&SiteName=loughborough&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= \|archive-date= 24 January 2018 }} \|Summerpool Brook runs through this unimproved hay meadow, which is periodically flooded. It has diverse herbs, including great burnet, meadow saxifrage, yellow rattle, common bird's-foot trefoil, pepper-saxifrage and the nationally uncommon narrow-leaved water-dropwort.
scope="row"\| Lucas Marsh{{cite web \|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/lucas-marsh/ \|title= Lucas' Marsh \|publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170811062628/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/lucas-marsh/ \|archive-date= 11 August 2017 }} \|File:Lucas Marsh 4.jpg \| {{convert\| 1.5 \|ha\|acre \|sortable=on\|disp=br()}} \|Oadby {{coord\| 52.592
1.085 \|type:landmark_region:GB\|name= Lucas Marsh }} {{gbmappingsmall\| SP 621998 }} \|YES \|LNR{{cite web\|url=http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=25&N=&ID=276\|title=Lucas Marsh\|series=Local Nature Reserves\|publisher=Natural England\|date=11 September 2013\|access-date=11 August 2017\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810170617/http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=25&N=&ID=276\|archive-date=10 August 2017}} \|The marsh is dominated by greater willowherb and common reed, while there are also areas of rough grassland, a hedge, trees and scrub. Butterflies include small tortoiseshell, speckled wood, peacock and orange tip.
scope="row"\| Merry's Meadows{{cite web \|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/merrys-meadows/ \|title= Merry's Meadows \|publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170811190157/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/merrys-meadows/ \|archive-date= 11 August 2017 }} \|File:Merry's Meadows 3.jpg \| {{convert\| 12.6 \|ha\|acre \|sortable=on\|disp=br()}} \|Oakham {{coord\| 52.731
0.612 \|type:landmark_region:GB\|name= Merry's Meadows }} {{gbmappingsmall\| SK 938157 }} \|YES \|SSSI{{cite web \|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001247&SiteName=greetham&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= \|title= Designated Sites View: Greetham Meadows \|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest \|publisher= Natural England \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170904205858/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001247&SiteName=greetham&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= \|archive-date= 4 September 2017 }} \|These ridge and furrow meadows are the only known location in the county for the frog orchid. The soil is on boulder clay, and grasses include crested dog's-tail, sweet vernal-grass, upright brome, downy oat-grass and quaking grass. There are four ponds with common and great crested newts.{{cite web\|url= http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001247.pdf\|title= Greetham Meadowscitation\|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest\|publisher= Natural England\|access-date= 4 September 2017\|url-status= live\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042917/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001247.pdf\|archive-date= 4 March 2016}}
scope="row"\| Mountsorrel Meadows{{cite web \|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/mountsorrel-meadows/ \|title= Mountsorrel Meadows \|publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170811232731/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/mountsorrel-meadows/ \|archive-date= 11 August 2017 }} \|File:Mountsorrel Meadows 2.jpg \| {{convert\| 12.6 \|ha\|acre \|sortable=on\|disp=br()}} \|Leicester {{coord\| 52.720
1.128 \|type:landmark_region:GB\|name= Mountsorrel Meadows }} {{gbmappingsmall\| SK 590140 }} \|PP \| \|This site on the bank of the River Soar was farmland until 2006, but is now managed for wildlife. Areas of wet woodland have been created by a combination of planting and natural regeneration. Other parts of the site are now wet grassland and wet scrapes.
scope="row"\| Narborough Bog{{cite web\|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/narborough-bog/\|title= Narborough Bog\|publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust\|access-date= 11 August 2017\|url-status= live\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170809174407/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/narborough-bog/\|archive-date= 9 August 2017}} \|File:Narborough Bog 1.jpg \| {{convert\| 9.2 \|ha\|acre \|sortable=on\|disp=br()}} \|Leicester {{coord\| 52.576
1.191 \|type:landmark_region:GB\|name=Narborough Bog }} {{gbmappingsmall\| SP 549979 }} \|YES \|SSSI{{cite web\|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000968&SiteName=narbor&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= \|title=Designated Sites View: Narborough Bog \| series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest\|publisher=Natural England\|access-date = 11 August 2017}} \|This site has a large area of common reed on peat, and there is also wet woodland, dominated by crack willow. Both areas have diverse butterflies and moths, including several locally uncommon species. In the south of the site there are two wet grazed meadows and more woodland.{{cite web\|url=http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/narborough-bog/\|title=Narborough Bog citation\|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest\|publisher=Natural England\|access-date=24 October 2017\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809174407/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/narborough-bog/\|archive-date=9 August 2017}}
scope="row"\| Prior's Coppice{{cite web \|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/priors-coppice/ \|title= Prior's Coppice \|publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170811231748/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/priors-coppice/ \|archive-date= 11 August 2017 }} \|File:Part of Prior's Coppice SSSI - geograph.org.uk - 348339.jpg \| {{convert\| 29 \|ha\|acre \|sortable=on\|disp=br()}} \|Oakham {{coord\|52.637
0.772 \|type:landmark_region:GB\|name= Prior's Coppice }} {{gbmappingsmall\| SK 832051 }} \|YES \|SSSI{{cite web \|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001166&SiteName=prior&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= \|title= Designated Sites View: Prior's Coppice \|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest \|publisher= Natural England \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170914034830/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001166&SiteName=prior&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= \|archive-date= 14 September 2017 }} \|This wood is on poorly drained soils derived from Jurassic Upper Lias clay and glacial boulder clay. The dominant trees are ash and oak, with field maple and hazel in the shrub layer. There is a diverse ground flora typical of ancient clay woods.{{cite web\|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001166.pdf\|title=Prior's Coppice citation\|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest\|publisher=Natural England\|access-date=13 September 2017\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064322/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001166.pdf\|archive-date=4 March 2016}}
scope="row"\| Rocky Plantation{{cite web \|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/rocky-plantation/ \|title= Rocky Plantation \|publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170811233342/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/rocky-plantation/ \|archive-date= 11 August 2017 }} \|File:Rocky Plantation 3.jpg \| {{convert\| 3.4 \|ha\|acre \|sortable=on\|disp=br()}} \|Leicester {{coord\| 52.702
1.272 \|type:landmark_region:GB\|name= Rocky Plantation }} {{gbmappingsmall\| SK 493118 }} \|YES \|NT \|This site has mixed woodland, including some mature sessile oaks, and rocky outcrops. There is a variety of fungi and birds, including great spotted woodpeckers and nuthatches.
scope="row"\| Rutland Water{{cite web \|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/rutland-water/ \|title= Rutland Water \|publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170811235315/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/rutland-water/ \|archive-date= 11 August 2017 }} \|File:Barnsdale Creek, Rutland Water - geograph.org.uk - 42213.jpg \| {{convert\| 393 \|ha\|acre \|sortable=on\|disp=br()}} \|Oakham {{coord\|52.654
0.662 \|type:landmark_region:GB\|name= Rutland Water }} {{gbmappingsmall\| SK 906071 }} \|YES \|NCR,{{cite web\|url=https://necmsi.esdm.co.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1001220.pdf\|title=Rutland Water citation\|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest\|publisher=Natural England\|access-date=11 August 2017\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811221938/https://necmsi.esdm.co.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1001220.pdf\|archive-date=11 August 2017\|df=dmy-all}} Ramsar,{{cite web \|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK11062&SiteName=rutland&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= \|title= Designated Sites View: Rutland Water \|series= Ramsar Site \|publisher= Natural England \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|archive-date= 7 May 2021 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210507071725/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK11062&SiteName=rutland&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= \|url-status= live }} SPA,{{cite web \|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK9008051&SiteName=rutland&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= \|title= Designated Sites View: Rutland Water \|series= Special Protection Area \|publisher= Natural England \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|archive-date= 7 May 2021 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210507071651/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK9008051&SiteName=rutland&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= \|url-status= live }} SSSI{{cite web \|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001220&SiteName=rutland&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= \|title=Designated Sites View: Rutland Water \|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest \|publisher=Natural England \|access-date=11 August 2017 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120234908/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001220&SiteName=rutland&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= \|archive-date=20 November 2017 }} \|This site has four-man-made lagoons, with islands which provide a safe area for nesting birds. There are also wildflower meadows with species rich hedgerows, mature woods and plantations dating to the 1970s.
scope="row"\| Stonesby Quarry{{cite web \|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/stonesby-quarry/ \|title= Stonesby Quarry \|publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170809174729/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/stonesby-quarry/ \|archive-date= 9 August 2017 }} \|File:Stonesby Quarry Nature Reserve - geograph.org.uk - 592884.jpg \| {{convert\| 4 \|ha\|acre \|sortable=on\|disp=br()}} \|Melton Mowbray {{coord\| 52.816
0.795 \|type:landmark_region:GB\|name= Stonesby Quarry }} {{gbmappingsmall\| SK 813250}} \|YES \|SSSI{{cite web\|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001968&SiteName=stonesby&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= \|title=Designated Sites View: Stonesby Quarry \| series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest\|publisher=Natural England\|access-date = 11 August 2017}} \|This site on Jurassic Lincolnshire Limestone has grassland with diverse herb species, such as autumn gentian, cowslip, dwarf thistle, small scabious, pyramidal orchid and clustered bellflower.{{cite web\|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001968.pdf\|title=Stonesby Quarry citation\|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest\|publisher=Natural England\|access-date=16 November 2017\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075652/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001968.pdf\|archive-date=4 March 2016}}
scope="row"\| Tilton Railway Cutting{{cite web \|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/tilton-railway-cutting/ \|title= Tilton Railway Cutting \|publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170809174855/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/tilton-railway-cutting/ \|archive-date= 9 August 2017 }} \|File:Tilton Cutting (SSSI) - geograph.org.uk - 423638.jpg \| {{convert\| 3.1 \|ha\|acre \|sortable=on\|disp=br()}} \|Leicester {{coord\| 52.642
0.877 \|type:landmark_region:GB\|name= Tilton Railway Cutting }} {{gbmappingsmall\|SK 761055 }} \|YES \|GCR,{{cite web\|url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=33\|title= Tilton Railway Cutting (Hettangian, Sinemurian and Pliensbachian)\|series= Geological Conservation Review\|publisher= Joint Nature Conservation Committee\|access-date= 8 August 2017\|archive-date= 5 September 2012\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120905054238/http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=33\|url-status= live}} SSSI{{cite web\|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1002018&SiteName=tilton&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= \|title=Designated Sites View: Tilton Cutting \| series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest\|publisher=Natural England\|access-date = 11 August 2017}} \|This is the best site in the East Midlands which exposes the sequence of rocks in the Lower Jurassic around 180 million years ago. There are many fossils, including Tiltoniceras acutum, an age-diagnostic ammonite.{{cite web\|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002018.pdf\|title=Tilton Cutting citation\|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest\|publisher=Natural England\|access-date=21 November 2017\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061215/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002018.pdf\|archive-date=4 March 2016}} The site has rich flora and diverse common birds.
scope="row"\| Ulverscroft{{cite web\|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/ulverscroft/\|title= Ulverscroft\|publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust\|access-date= 11 August 2017\|url-status= live\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170809173327/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/ulverscroft/\|archive-date= 9 August 2017}} \|File:Ulverscroft Nature Reserve 5.jpg \| {{convert\| 56 \|ha\|acre \|sortable=on\|disp=br()}} \|Leicester {{coord\|52.707
1.276 \|type:landmark_region:GB\|name= Ulverscroft }} {{gbmappingsmall\| SK 490124 }} \|YES \|NT, SSSI \|The site has diverse habitats with woodland, heath, wet grassland, a pond, a meadow, marshes and sphagnum bog. The meadow has a rich flora, including fragrant orchid, devil's-bit scabious and bitter vetch.
scope="row"\| Wanlip Meadows{{cite web \|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/wanlip-meadows/ \|title= Wanlip Meadows \|publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170812002145/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/wanlip-meadows/ \|archive-date= 12 August 2017 }} \|File:Wanlip Meadows 3.jpg \| {{convert\| 16.2 \|ha\|acre \|sortable=on\|disp=br()}} \|Leicester {{coord\| 52.688
1.109 \|type:landmark_region:GB\|name= Wanlip Meadows }} {{gbmappingsmall\| SK 603104 }} \|YES \| \|These meadows, which are sometimes flooded by the River Soar, are grazed by cattle. There are many birds, including the uncommon Temminck's stint and wood sandpiper. Invertebartes include grass snakes, frogs and toads.
scope="row"\| Wymeswold Meadows{{cite web \|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/wymeswold-meadows/ \|title= Wymeswold Meadows \|publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170811231204/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/wymeswold-meadows/ \|archive-date= 11 August 2017 }} \|File:Wymeswold Meadows 3.jpg \| {{convert\| 4.5 \|ha\|acre \|sortable=on\|disp=br()}} \|Loughborough {{coord\| 52.802
1.191 \|type:landmark_region:GB\|name= Wymeswold Meadows }} {{gbmappingsmall\| SK 614231 }} \|YES \| \|The River Mantle runs through steeply sloping banks in this grassland site, which has diverse flora and invertebrates. Butterflies include orange tips, small coppers, common blues and small heaths.
scope="row"\| Wymondham Rough{{cite web \|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/wymondham-rough/ \|title= Wymondham Rough \|publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust \|access-date= 11 August 2017 \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170809175733/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/wymondham-rough/ \|archive-date= 9 August 2017 }} \|File:Former canal, Wymondham Rough SSSI - geograph.org.uk - 179301.jpg \| {{convert\| 12.5 \|ha\|acre \|sortable=on\|disp=br()}} \|Melton Mowbray {{coord\| 52.748
0.770 \|type:landmark_region:GB\|name= Wymondham Rough }} {{gbmappingsmall\| SK 831174 }} \|YES \|SSSI{{cite web\|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1002070&SiteName=wymondham&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= \|title=Designated Sites View: Wymondham Rough \| series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest\|publisher=Natural England\|access-date = 11 August 2017}} \|This site has grassland, woodland, a stretch of disused canal, a marsh and ponds. The clay grassland has a rich flora, dominated by common bent, Yorkshire fog, false oat-grass and cock's foot. A poorly drained area has plants such as water avens, and there are drier soils in the west of the site.{{cite web\|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/wymondham-rough/\|title= Wymondham Rough citation\|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest\|publisher= Natural England\|access-date= 24 November 2017\|url-status= live\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170809175733/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/wymondham-rough/\|archive-date= 9 August 2017}}

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!scope="col" class="unsortable" |Description

scope="row"| Altar Stones{{cite web |url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/altar-stones/ |title= Altar Stones |publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust |access-date= 11 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170812002523/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/altar-stones/ |archive-date= 12 August 2017 }}

|File:Altar Stones 9.jpg

| {{convert| 3.7 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}

|Leicester
{{coord|52.692

1.284 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Altar Stones }}
{{gbmappingsmall|SK 485107 }}

|YES

|This site has outcrops of Precambrian volcanic rocks, which have uncommon lichens growing on them. The main habitat is heath grassland, and there are the remains of drystone walls and an old mill.

scope="row"| Bloody Oaks Quarry{{cite web |url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/bloody-oaks-quarry/ |title= Bloody Oaks Quarry |publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust |access-date= 11 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170811013555/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/bloody-oaks-quarry/ |archive-date= 11 August 2017 }}

|File:Bloody Oaks Quarry - geograph.org.uk - 166460.jpg

| {{convert| 1.3 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}

|Stamford
{{coord| 52.686

0.566 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Bloody Oaks Quarry }}
{{gbmappingsmall| SK 970108 }}

|YES

|SSSI{{cite web |url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003393&SiteName=&countyCode=35&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title= Designated Sites View: Bloody Oaks Quarry |series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest |publisher= Natural England |access-date= 11 August 2017 |archive-date= 11 December 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171211125859/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003393&SiteName=&countyCode=35&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |url-status= live }}

|This site has species-rich grassland on Jurassic limestone. The dominant grasses are tor-grass and upright brome and flora include rock-rose, salad burnet, yellow-wort and autumn gentian.{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003393.pdf|title=Bloody Oaks Quarry citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=10 August 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000220/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003393.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016}}

scope="row"| Charley Woods{{cite web |url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/charley-woods/ |title= Charley Woods |publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust |access-date= 11 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170811235155/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/charley-woods/ |archive-date= 11 August 2017 }}

|File:Fallen tree at Charley Woods - geograph.org.uk - 350255.jpg

| {{convert| 26.8 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}

|Loughborough
{{coord| 52.729

1.297 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Charley Woods }}
{{gbmappingsmall|SK 476148 }}

|YES

|These ancient woods are dominated by pedunculate oak, with sparse ground flora. There is a considerable amount of dead wood, which attracts a variety of birds, including all three native species of woodpecker.

scope="row"| Charnwood Lodge{{cite web |url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/charnwood-lodge/ |title= Charnwood Lodge |publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust |access-date= 11 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170809180021/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/charnwood-lodge/ |archive-date= 9 August 2017 }}

|File:The Bomb Rocks, Charnwood Lodge SSSI, Charnwood Forest.jpg

| {{convert| 193.5 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}

|Coalville
{{coord| 52.735

1.323 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Charnwood Lodge }}
{{gbmappingsmall| SK 458155 }}

|PP

|GCR,{{cite web |url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=1403 |title= Charnwood Lodge (Precambrian of England & Wales) |series= Geological Conservation Review |publisher= Joint Nature Conservation Committee |access-date= 8 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170809211444/http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=1403 |archive-date= 9 August 2017 }}{{cite web |url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=2819 |title= Charnwood Lodge & Warren Hills (Precambrian of England & Wales) |series= Geological Conservation Review |publisher= Joint Nature Conservation Committee |access-date= 8 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170809171657/http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=2819 |archive-date= 9 August 2017 }} NNR,{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/leicestershires-national-nature-reserves/leicestershires-national-nature-reserves|title=Leicestershire's National Nature Reserves|date=31 October 2008|publisher=Natural England|access-date=8 August 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809172501/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/leicestershires-national-nature-reserves/leicestershires-national-nature-reserves|archive-date=9 August 2017}} SSSI{{cite web |url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003563&SiteName=charnwood&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title= Designated Sites View: Charnwood Lodge |series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest |publisher= Natural England |access-date= 11 August 2017 |archive-date= 24 January 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180124225156/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003563&SiteName=charnwood&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |url-status= live }}

|This is the largest area of moorland in the East Midlands, and it is mainly covered by bracken on dry hills, while wet heath is dominated by purple moor-grass. The site is geologically important for the 'bomb' rocks, volcanic blocks dating the Ediacaran period around 600 million years ago.{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003563.pdf|title=Charnwood Lodge citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=22 September 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042724/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003563.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016}}

scope="row"| Cloud Wood{{cite web |url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/cloud-wood/ |title= Cloud Wood |publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust |access-date= 11 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170811150846/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/cloud-wood/ |archive-date= 11 August 2017 }}

|File:Cloud Wood 2.jpg

| {{convert| 33 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}

|Loughborough
{{coord| 52.789

1.383 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Cloud Wood }}
{{gbmappingsmall| SK 417214 }}

|PP

|SSSI{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003433&SiteName=&countyCode=26&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=|title= Designated Sites View: Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher= Natural England|access-date= 11 August 2017|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180124225157/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003433&SiteName=&countyCode=26&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=|archive-date= 24 January 2018}}

|Cloud Wood is an ancient semi-natural wood on clay. The dominant trees are ash and pedunculate oak, and ground flora is very diverse, including pendulous sedge, yellow archangel and giant bellflower.{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003433.pdf|title=Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=19 November 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225952/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003433.pdf|archive-date=3 March 2016}}

scope="row"| Cossington Meadows{{cite web |url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/cossington-meadows/ |title= Cossington Meadows |publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust |access-date= 11 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170811235158/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/cossington-meadows/ |archive-date= 11 August 2017 }}

|File:Cossington Meadows - geograph.org.uk - 132171.jpg

| {{convert| 88.9 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}

|Leicester
{{coord| 52.711

1.118 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Cossington Meadows }}
{{gbmappingsmall| SK 597130 }}

|YES

|Flora on this wetland site include flowering rush, purple loosestrife and blue water-speedwell. There are several pools which attract wildfowl, such as gadwall and tufted duck, which breed on the site.

scope="row"| Cribb's Meadow{{cite web |url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/cribbs-meadow/ |title= Cribb's Meadow |publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust |access-date= 11 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170809173816/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/cribbs-meadow/ |archive-date= 9 August 2017 }}

|File:Cribb's Meadow 1.jpg

| {{convert| 5 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}

|Grantham
{{coord| 52.759

0.669 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Cribb's Meadow }}
{{gbmappingsmall|SK 899188 }}

|YES

|NCR,{{cite book|editor-first=Derek |editor-last=Ratcliffe |title=A Nature Conservation Review|volume=2 |page= 158|authorlink=Derek Ratcliffe |publisher= Cambridge University Press|location =Cambridge, UK |year=1977|isbn= 0521-21403-3 }} NNR, SSSI{{cite web |url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003735&SiteName=cribb&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title= Designated Sites View: Cribb's Lodge Meadows |series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest |publisher= Natural England |access-date= 11 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170904154026/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003735&SiteName=cribb&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |archive-date= 4 September 2017 }}

|The embankment of a disused railway runs through this ridge and furrow neutral meadow on boulder clay. The diverse flora includes adder's tongue fern, pepper saxifrage, hayrattle and green-winged orchid.{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003735.pdf|title=Cribb's Lodge Meadows citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=4 September 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072802/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003735.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016}}

scope="row"| Croft Pasture{{cite web |url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/croft-pasture/ |title= Croft Pasture |publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust |access-date= 11 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170809175933/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/croft-pasture/ |archive-date= 9 August 2017 }}

|File:Stile into water. - geograph.org.uk - 1136395.jpg

| {{convert| 5.8 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}

|Leicester
{{coord| 52.588

1.251 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Croft Pasture }}
{{gbmappingsmall| SP 509958 }}

|YES

|SSSI{{cite web |url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003760&SiteName=croft&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Croft Pasture |series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest |publisher=Natural England |access-date=11 August 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110115954/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003760&SiteName=croft&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |archive-date=10 November 2017 }}

|The River Soar runs through this unimproved grazed meadow, which is dominated by common bent and crested dog's-tail. A knoll in the north of the site has uncommon flora such as meadow saxifrage, common stork's-bill and subterranean clover.{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003760.pdf|title=Croft Pasture citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=9 November 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000548/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003760.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016}}

scope="row"| Dimminsdale{{cite web |url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/dimminsdale/ |title= Dimminsdale |publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust |access-date= 11 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170809175359/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/dimminsdale/ |archive-date= 9 August 2017 }}

|File:Dimminsdale Nature Reserve - geograph.org.uk - 331478.jpg

| {{convert| 23.5 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}

|Coalville
{{coord| 52.793

1.444 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Dimminsdale }}
{{gbmappingsmall| SK 376219 }}{{efn|Dimminsdale is partly in Derbyshire.}}

|PP

| GCR,{{cite web |url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=1630 |title= Earl Ferrers' Lead Mine (Mineralogy of Peak District, Leicestershire, Cheshire & Shropshire) |series= Geological Conservation Review |publisher= Joint Nature Conservation Committee |access-date= 11 November 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171111205331/http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=1630 |archive-date= 11 November 2017 }} SSSI{{cite web |url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1005587&SiteName=dimmins&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title= Designated Sites View: Dimminsdale |series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest |publisher= Natural England |access-date= 11 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180124225157/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1005587&SiteName=dimmins&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |archive-date= 24 January 2018 }}

|Dimminsdale has semi-natural woodland and one of the largest areas of unimproved acidic grassland in the county. Earl Ferrers' lead mine, which is located on the site, has a unique and complex mixture of minerals such as galena and zinc blende.{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1005587.pdf|title=Dimminsdale citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=11 November 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062231/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1005587.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016}}

scope="row"| Great Merrible Wood{{cite web |url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/great-merrible-wood/ |title= Great Merrible Wood |publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust |access-date= 11 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170809174842/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/great-merrible-wood/ |archive-date= 9 August 2017 }}

|File:Great Merrible Wood 7.jpg

| {{convert| 12 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}

|Uppingham
{{coord|52.557

0.771 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Great Merrible Wood }}
{{gbmappingsmall| SP 834962 }}

|YES

|SSSI{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1004440&SiteName=eye%20brook&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Eye Brook Valley Woods | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 11 August 2017}}

|This is a surviving fragment of the medieval Leighfield Forest.{{cite web|url= http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1004440.pdf|title= Eye Brook Valley Woods citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher= Natural England|access-date= 2 October 2017|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304024828/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1004440.pdf|archive-date= 4 March 2016}} It is semi-natural ancient woodland with several unusual herbs, such as broadleaved helleborine, herb paris and violet helleborine. It is thought to have the most diverse fungi of any wood in the county.

scope="row"| Holwell Reserves{{cite web |url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/holwell-reserves/ |title= Holwell Reserves |publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust |access-date= 11 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170812001317/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/holwell-reserves/ |archive-date= 12 August 2017 }}

|File:Brown's Hill Quarry - geograph.org.uk - 1183115.jpg

| {{convert| 16.4 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}

|Melton Mowbray
{{coord| 52.803

0.902 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Holwell Reserves }}
{{gbmappingsmall| SK 741234 }}

|YES

|Former quarries on this site have soil which is low in nutrients and lime-rich, creating conditions for many species of wildflower to flourish. Old mine tunnels are used by Natterer's, Daubenton's, brown long-eared and pipistrelle bats.

scope="row"| Kelham Bridge{{cite web |url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/kelham-bridge/ |title= Kelham Bridge |publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust |access-date= 11 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170811230443/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/kelham-bridge/ |archive-date= 11 August 2017 }}

|File:Kelham Bridge Nature Reserve - geograph.org.uk - 1571161.jpg

| {{convert| 8.1 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}

|Coalville
{{coord| 52.704

1.399 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Kelham Bridge }}
{{gbmappingsmall| SK 407120 }}

|YES

|The conversion of this former sewage disposal site to a nature reserve was completed in 2002. The River Sence has been diverted to create meanders, extending flooded areas and reedbeds; 101 bird, 19 butterfly and 16 dragonfly species have been recorded.

scope="row"| Ketton Quarry{{cite web |url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/ketton-quarry/ |title= Ketton Quarry |publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust |access-date= 11 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170811145525/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/ketton-quarry/ |archive-date= 11 August 2017 }}

|File:Hummocks at Ketton Quarry, Rutland.jpg

| {{convert| 27.5 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}

|Stamford
{{coord| 52.637

0.558 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Ketton Quarry }}
{{gbmappingsmall| SK 977053}}

|YES

|SSSI{{cite web |url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000210&SiteName=&countyCode=35&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title= Designated Sites View: Ketton Quarries |series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest |publisher= Natural England |access-date= 11 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180124225156/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000210&SiteName=&countyCode=35&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |archive-date= 24 January 2018 }}

|Calcareous grassland on this site provides a habitat for rare moths, grizzled and dingy skipper butterflies, common lizards and adders. There are also areas of woodland, which have the only yellow bird's-nest plants in the county, and scrub, which is valuable for birds such as the turtle dove.

scope="row"| Launde Woods{{cite web |url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/launde-woods/ |title= Launde Woods |publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust |access-date= 11 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170809174527/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/launde-woods/ |archive-date= 9 August 2017 }}

|File:Launde Big Wood, with derelict cottage - geograph.org.uk - 168431.jpg

| {{convert| 99 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}

|Leicester
{{coord| 52.624

0.842 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Launde Woods}}
{{gbmappingsmall| SK 785036 }}

|YES

|SSSI{{cite web |url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000241&SiteName=launde&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title= Designated Sites View: Launde Big Wood |series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest |publisher= Natural England |access-date= 11 August 2017 |archive-date= 24 January 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180124225157/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000241&SiteName=launde&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |url-status= live }}

|This site is in two separate areas. Launde Big Wood is ancient semi-natural woodland with a rich ground flora, including wood anemone, wood forget-me-not and sweet woodruff. Most of Launde Park Wood has been planted with conifers, but the northern third has the same range of plants as the Big Wood.

scope="row"| Lea Meadows{{cite web |url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/lea-meadows/ |title= Lea Meadows |publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust |access-date= 11 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170812003209/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/lea-meadows/ |archive-date= 12 August 2017 }}

|File:Lea Meadows 9.jpg

| {{convert| 12 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}

|Leicester
{{coord| 52.699| -1.253 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Lea Meadows }}
{{gbmappingsmall| SK 506115 }}

|YES

|SM,{{cite web |url= https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1009167 |title= Moat at Lea Meadows |publisher= Historic England |access-date= 11 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170812021501/https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1009167 |archive-date= 12 August 2017 }} SSSI{{cite web |url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1002060&SiteName=ulverscroft&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title= Designated Sites View: Ulverscroft Valley |series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest |publisher= Natural England |access-date= 11 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180101030020/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1002060&SiteName=ulverscroft&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |archive-date= 1 January 2018 }}

|Over 240 species of plants have been recorded on these unimproved marshy meadows, and there is a stream which has white-clawed crayfish and brook lampreys, both of which are legally protected. Part of the site is surrounded by a medieval moat.

scope="row"| Loughborough Big Meadow{{cite web |url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/loughborough-big-meadow/ |title= Loughborough Big Meadow |publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust |access-date= 11 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170809174826/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/loughborough-big-meadow/ |archive-date= 9 August 2017 }}

|File:Loughborough Big Meadow - geograph.org.uk - 422808.jpg

| {{convert| 35.3 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}

|Loughborough
{{coord| 52.791

1.204 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Loughborough Big Meadow }}
{{gbmappingsmall| SK 538218 }}

|YES

|SSSI{{cite web |url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1002254&SiteName=loughborough&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title= Designated Sites View: Loughborough Meadows |series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest |publisher= Natural England |access-date= 11 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180124225157/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1002254&SiteName=loughborough&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |archive-date= 24 January 2018 }}

|Summerpool Brook runs through this unimproved hay meadow, which is periodically flooded. It has diverse herbs, including great burnet, meadow saxifrage, yellow rattle, common bird's-foot trefoil, pepper-saxifrage and the nationally uncommon narrow-leaved water-dropwort.

scope="row"| Lucas Marsh{{cite web |url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/lucas-marsh/ |title= Lucas' Marsh |publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust |access-date= 11 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170811062628/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/lucas-marsh/ |archive-date= 11 August 2017 }}

|File:Lucas Marsh 4.jpg

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|Oadby
{{coord| 52.592

1.085 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Lucas Marsh }}
{{gbmappingsmall| SP 621998 }}

|YES

|LNR{{cite web|url=http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=25&N=&ID=276|title=Lucas Marsh|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England|date=11 September 2013|access-date=11 August 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810170617/http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=25&N=&ID=276|archive-date=10 August 2017}}

|The marsh is dominated by greater willowherb and common reed, while there are also areas of rough grassland, a hedge, trees and scrub. Butterflies include small tortoiseshell, speckled wood, peacock and orange tip.

scope="row"| Merry's Meadows{{cite web |url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/merrys-meadows/ |title= Merry's Meadows |publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust |access-date= 11 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170811190157/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/merrys-meadows/ |archive-date= 11 August 2017 }}

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|Oakham
{{coord| 52.731

0.612 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Merry's Meadows }}
{{gbmappingsmall| SK 938157 }}

|YES

|SSSI{{cite web |url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001247&SiteName=greetham&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title= Designated Sites View: Greetham Meadows |series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest |publisher= Natural England |access-date= 11 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170904205858/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001247&SiteName=greetham&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |archive-date= 4 September 2017 }}

|These ridge and furrow meadows are the only known location in the county for the frog orchid. The soil is on boulder clay, and grasses include crested dog's-tail, sweet vernal-grass, upright brome, downy oat-grass and quaking grass. There are four ponds with common and great crested newts.{{cite web|url= http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001247.pdf|title= Greetham Meadowscitation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher= Natural England|access-date= 4 September 2017|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042917/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001247.pdf|archive-date= 4 March 2016}}

scope="row"| Mountsorrel Meadows{{cite web |url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/mountsorrel-meadows/ |title= Mountsorrel Meadows |publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust |access-date= 11 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170811232731/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/mountsorrel-meadows/ |archive-date= 11 August 2017 }}

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|Leicester
{{coord| 52.720

1.128 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Mountsorrel Meadows }}
{{gbmappingsmall| SK 590140 }}

|PP

|This site on the bank of the River Soar was farmland until 2006, but is now managed for wildlife. Areas of wet woodland have been created by a combination of planting and natural regeneration. Other parts of the site are now wet grassland and wet scrapes.

scope="row"| Narborough Bog{{cite web|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/narborough-bog/|title= Narborough Bog|publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust|access-date= 11 August 2017|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170809174407/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/narborough-bog/|archive-date= 9 August 2017}}

|File:Narborough Bog 1.jpg

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|Leicester
{{coord| 52.576

1.191 |type:landmark_region:GB|name=Narborough Bog }}
{{gbmappingsmall| SP 549979 }}

|YES

|SSSI{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000968&SiteName=narbor&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Narborough Bog | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 11 August 2017}}

|This site has a large area of common reed on peat, and there is also wet woodland, dominated by crack willow. Both areas have diverse butterflies and moths, including several locally uncommon species. In the south of the site there are two wet grazed meadows and more woodland.{{cite web|url=http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/narborough-bog/|title=Narborough Bog citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=24 October 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809174407/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/narborough-bog/|archive-date=9 August 2017}}

scope="row"| Prior's Coppice{{cite web |url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/priors-coppice/ |title= Prior's Coppice |publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust |access-date= 11 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170811231748/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/priors-coppice/ |archive-date= 11 August 2017 }}

|File:Part of Prior's Coppice SSSI - geograph.org.uk - 348339.jpg

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|Oakham
{{coord|52.637

0.772 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Prior's Coppice }}
{{gbmappingsmall| SK 832051 }}

|YES

|SSSI{{cite web |url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001166&SiteName=prior&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title= Designated Sites View: Prior's Coppice |series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest |publisher= Natural England |access-date= 11 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170914034830/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001166&SiteName=prior&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |archive-date= 14 September 2017 }}

|This wood is on poorly drained soils derived from Jurassic Upper Lias clay and glacial boulder clay. The dominant trees are ash and oak, with field maple and hazel in the shrub layer. There is a diverse ground flora typical of ancient clay woods.{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001166.pdf|title=Prior's Coppice citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=13 September 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064322/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001166.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016}}

scope="row"| Rocky Plantation{{cite web |url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/rocky-plantation/ |title= Rocky Plantation |publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust |access-date= 11 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170811233342/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/rocky-plantation/ |archive-date= 11 August 2017 }}

|File:Rocky Plantation 3.jpg

| {{convert| 3.4 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}

|Leicester
{{coord| 52.702

1.272 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Rocky Plantation }}
{{gbmappingsmall| SK 493118 }}

|YES

|NT

|This site has mixed woodland, including some mature sessile oaks, and rocky outcrops. There is a variety of fungi and birds, including great spotted woodpeckers and nuthatches.

scope="row"| Rutland Water{{cite web |url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/rutland-water/ |title= Rutland Water |publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust |access-date= 11 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170811235315/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/rutland-water/ |archive-date= 11 August 2017 }}

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| {{convert| 393 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}

|Oakham
{{coord|52.654

0.662 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Rutland Water }}
{{gbmappingsmall| SK 906071 }}

|YES

|NCR,{{cite web|url=https://necmsi.esdm.co.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1001220.pdf|title=Rutland Water citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=11 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811221938/https://necmsi.esdm.co.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1001220.pdf|archive-date=11 August 2017|df=dmy-all}} Ramsar,{{cite web |url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK11062&SiteName=rutland&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title= Designated Sites View: Rutland Water |series= Ramsar Site |publisher= Natural England |access-date= 11 August 2017 |archive-date= 7 May 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210507071725/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK11062&SiteName=rutland&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |url-status= live }} SPA,{{cite web |url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK9008051&SiteName=rutland&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title= Designated Sites View: Rutland Water |series= Special Protection Area |publisher= Natural England |access-date= 11 August 2017 |archive-date= 7 May 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210507071651/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK9008051&SiteName=rutland&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |url-status= live }} SSSI{{cite web |url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001220&SiteName=rutland&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Rutland Water |series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest |publisher=Natural England |access-date=11 August 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120234908/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001220&SiteName=rutland&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |archive-date=20 November 2017 }}

|This site has four-man-made lagoons, with islands which provide a safe area for nesting birds. There are also wildflower meadows with species rich hedgerows, mature woods and plantations dating to the 1970s.

scope="row"| Stonesby Quarry{{cite web |url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/stonesby-quarry/ |title= Stonesby Quarry |publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust |access-date= 11 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170809174729/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/stonesby-quarry/ |archive-date= 9 August 2017 }}

|File:Stonesby Quarry Nature Reserve - geograph.org.uk - 592884.jpg

| {{convert| 4 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}

|Melton Mowbray
{{coord| 52.816

0.795 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Stonesby Quarry }}
{{gbmappingsmall| SK 813250}}

|YES

|SSSI{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001968&SiteName=stonesby&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Stonesby Quarry | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 11 August 2017}}

|This site on Jurassic Lincolnshire Limestone has grassland with diverse herb species, such as autumn gentian, cowslip, dwarf thistle, small scabious, pyramidal orchid and clustered bellflower.{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001968.pdf|title=Stonesby Quarry citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=16 November 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075652/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001968.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016}}

scope="row"| Tilton Railway Cutting{{cite web |url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/tilton-railway-cutting/ |title= Tilton Railway Cutting |publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust |access-date= 11 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170809174855/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/tilton-railway-cutting/ |archive-date= 9 August 2017 }}

|File:Tilton Cutting (SSSI) - geograph.org.uk - 423638.jpg

| {{convert| 3.1 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}

|Leicester
{{coord| 52.642

0.877 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Tilton Railway Cutting }}
{{gbmappingsmall|SK 761055 }}

|YES

|GCR,{{cite web|url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=33|title= Tilton Railway Cutting (Hettangian, Sinemurian and Pliensbachian)|series= Geological Conservation Review|publisher= Joint Nature Conservation Committee|access-date= 8 August 2017|archive-date= 5 September 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120905054238/http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=33|url-status= live}} SSSI{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1002018&SiteName=tilton&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Tilton Cutting | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 11 August 2017}}

|This is the best site in the East Midlands which exposes the sequence of rocks in the Lower Jurassic around 180 million years ago. There are many fossils, including Tiltoniceras acutum, an age-diagnostic ammonite.{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002018.pdf|title=Tilton Cutting citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=21 November 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061215/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002018.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016}} The site has rich flora and diverse common birds.

scope="row"| Ulverscroft{{cite web|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/ulverscroft/|title= Ulverscroft|publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust|access-date= 11 August 2017|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170809173327/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/ulverscroft/|archive-date= 9 August 2017}}

|File:Ulverscroft Nature Reserve 5.jpg

| {{convert| 56 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}

|Leicester
{{coord|52.707

1.276 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Ulverscroft }}
{{gbmappingsmall| SK 490124 }}

|YES

|NT, SSSI

|The site has diverse habitats with woodland, heath, wet grassland, a pond, a meadow, marshes and sphagnum bog. The meadow has a rich flora, including fragrant orchid, devil's-bit scabious and bitter vetch.

scope="row"| Wanlip Meadows{{cite web |url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/wanlip-meadows/ |title= Wanlip Meadows |publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust |access-date= 11 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170812002145/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/wanlip-meadows/ |archive-date= 12 August 2017 }}

|File:Wanlip Meadows 3.jpg

| {{convert| 16.2 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}

|Leicester
{{coord| 52.688

1.109 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Wanlip Meadows }}
{{gbmappingsmall| SK 603104 }}

|YES

|These meadows, which are sometimes flooded by the River Soar, are grazed by cattle. There are many birds, including the uncommon Temminck's stint and wood sandpiper. Invertebartes include grass snakes, frogs and toads.

scope="row"| Wymeswold Meadows{{cite web |url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/wymeswold-meadows/ |title= Wymeswold Meadows |publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust |access-date= 11 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170811231204/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/wymeswold-meadows/ |archive-date= 11 August 2017 }}

|File:Wymeswold Meadows 3.jpg

| {{convert| 4.5 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}

|Loughborough
{{coord| 52.802

1.191 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Wymeswold Meadows }}
{{gbmappingsmall| SK 614231 }}

|YES

|The River Mantle runs through steeply sloping banks in this grassland site, which has diverse flora and invertebrates. Butterflies include orange tips, small coppers, common blues and small heaths.

scope="row"| Wymondham Rough{{cite web |url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/wymondham-rough/ |title= Wymondham Rough |publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust |access-date= 11 August 2017 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170809175733/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/wymondham-rough/ |archive-date= 9 August 2017 }}

|File:Former canal, Wymondham Rough SSSI - geograph.org.uk - 179301.jpg

| {{convert| 12.5 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}

|Melton Mowbray
{{coord| 52.748

0.770 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Wymondham Rough }}
{{gbmappingsmall| SK 831174 }}

|YES

|SSSI{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1002070&SiteName=wymondham&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Wymondham Rough | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 11 August 2017}}

|This site has grassland, woodland, a stretch of disused canal, a marsh and ponds. The clay grassland has a rich flora, dominated by common bent, Yorkshire fog, false oat-grass and cock's foot. A poorly drained area has plants such as water avens, and there are drier soils in the west of the site.{{cite web|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/wymondham-rough/|title= Wymondham Rough citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher= Natural England|access-date= 24 November 2017|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170809175733/http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/wymondham-rough/|archive-date= 9 August 2017}}

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External links

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