Leighfield Forest SSSI

{{Infobox SSSI

|image= Wood Lane in Tugby Wood - geograph.org.uk - 208342.jpg

|image_caption = Lane through Tugby Wood

|name= Leighfield Forest

|aos= Leicestershire

|interest=Biological

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|area= {{convert| 11.3 |ha|acre|abbr=off}}

|notifydate= 1983

|map=[http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271000270%27 Magic Map]

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Leighfield Forest SSSI is an {{convert| 11.3 |ha|acre|abbr=off}} biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Skeffington in Leicestershire, England. It consists of several fragments, including Tugby Wood, Loddington Reddish, Brown's Wood, Skeffington Wood and Tilton Wood, of the former medieval hunting Leighfield Forest, which straddles Leicestershire and Rutland.{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000882&SiteName=locking&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Leighfield Forest | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 13 November 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271000270%27 |title=Map of Leighfield Forest|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 13 November 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lrwt.org.uk/what-we-do/living-landscapes/|title=Living Landscapes|publisher=Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust|accessdate= 13 November 2017}} It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade II.{{cite book|editor-first=Derek |editor-last=Ratcliffe |title=A Nature Conservation Review|volume=2 |pages=84–85 |authorlink=Derek Ratcliffe |publisher= Cambridge University Press|location =Cambridge, UK |year=1977|isbn= 0521-21403-3 }}

These woods in the Eye Brook valley date back at least to the thirteenth century. The dominant trees are ash and oak. The diverse moths and beetles include some rare species, and others are at the northern limit of their distribution. There are also areas of grassland and marsh.{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000270.pdf |title=Leighfield Forest citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 13 November 2017}}

Roads and footpaths go through some of the woods but others are private.