Croft Pasture

{{Short description|Conservation area in England}}

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|name= Croft Pasture

|aos= Leicestershire

|interest=Biological

|gridref={{gbmappingsmall| SP 509 958 }}

|area= 6.2 hectares

|notifydate= 1983

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Croft Pasture is a {{convert|6.2|hectare|acre|adj=on}} biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the outskirts of Croft in Leicestershire.{{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|accessdate = 9 November 2017}}{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271003760%27|title=Map of Croft Pasture|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 9 November 2017}} Most of the site, totalling 5.8 hectares, is owned and managed by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust.{{cite web|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/croft-pasture/ |title= Croft Pasture |publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust |accessdate= 9 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|accessdate=9 November 2017|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000548/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003760.pdf|url-status=dead}}

There is access from Station Road.