Clipsham Old Quarry and Pickworth Great Wood

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

{{Infobox SSSI

|image= Pickworth Great Wood 5.jpg

|image_caption = Pickworth Great Wood

|name= Clipsham Old Quarry and Pickworth Great Wood

|aos= Rutland, England

|interest=Biological
Geological

|gridref={{gbmappingsmall| SK 981 149 }}

|area= 111.2 hectares

|notifydate= 1986

|map=[http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271003654%27 Magic Map]

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Clipsham Old Quarry and Pickworth Great Wood is a {{convert|111.2|hectare|acre|adj=on}} biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Rutland. It lies southeast of Clipsham and north of Pickworth.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003654&SiteName=clipsham&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=|title=Designated Sites View: Clipsham Old Quarry and Pickworth Great Wood | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 4 September 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271003654%27 |title=Map of Clipsham Old Quarry and Pickworth Great Wood|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 4 September 2017}} Clipsham Old Quarry is a Geological Conservation Review site,{{cite web|url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=248 |title= Clipsham Quarry (Aalenian - Bajocian) |series=Geological Conservation Review |publisher=Joint Nature Conservation Committee|accessdate= 4 September 2017}} and Pickworth Great Wood is owned by the Forestry Commission.{{cite web|url= http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003654.pdf |title= Clipsham Old Quarry and Pickworth Great Wood citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 4 September 2017}}

Pickworth Great Wood is one of the largest deciduous woods in the county, with diverse breeding birds and over 150 species of moth. Clipsham Old Quarry has dense hawthorn scrub and limestone grassland with a variety of lime-loving herbs such as dwarf thistle and yellow-wort. The quarry exposes rocks of the Bajocian Middle and Upper Lincolnshire Limestone around 170 million years ago.

There is public access to Pickworth Great Wood, but not to Clipsham Old Quarry.