Calender Meadows

{{Short description|Protected area in Northamptonshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

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|name= Calender Meadows

|aos= Northamptonshire

|interest=Biological

|gridref={{gbmappingsmall| SP 685 749 }}

|area= 3.1 hectares

|notifydate= 2012

|map=[http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%272000752%27 Magic Map]

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Calender Meadows is a {{convert|3.1|hectare|acre|adj=on}} biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Guilsborough in Northamptonshire.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S2000752&SiteName=calender&countyCode=&responsiblePerson= |title=Designated Sites View: Calender Meadows | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 13 March 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%272000752%27 |title=Map of Calender Meadows|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 13 March 2017}}

This is described by Natural England as "a nationally important site for its lowland unimproved neutral grassland". It has a wide variety of native herbs and grasses. There are herbs such as lady's bedstraw, meadow vetchling and common bird's-foot trefoil, and grasses include red fescue, sweet vernal-grass and false oat-grass.{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/2000752.pdf|title=Calender Meadows citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate=13 March 2017|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031037/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/2000752.pdf|archivedate=4 March 2016}}

The site is private land with no public access.