Loughborough Meadows

{{Short description|Nature reserve in Leicestershire, England}}

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

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|image= Pedestrian tunnel below railway line, Loughborough Meadows - geograph.org.uk - 695548.jpg

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|name= Loughborough Meadows

|aos= Leicestershire

|interest=Biological

|gridref={{gbmappingsmall| SK 538 216 }}

|area= {{convert| 60.5 |ha|acre|abbr=off}}

|notifydate= 1987

|map=[http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271002254%27 Magic Map]

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Loughborough Meadows is a {{convert| 60.5 |ha|acre|abbr=off}} biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the northern outskirts of Loughborough in Leicestershire, England.{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1002254&SiteName=loughb&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Loughborough Meadows | 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%271002254%27 |title=Map of Loughborough Meadows|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 13 November 2017}} An area of {{convert| 35.3 |ha|acre|abbr=off}} is managed as a nature reserve by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust.{{cite web|url= http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/loughborough-big-meadow/ |title= Loughborough Big Meadow |publisher= Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust |accessdate= 13 November 2017}}

This is the largest area of unimproved alluvial flood meadow in the county, and wet areas are dominated by creeping bent and marsh foxtail. A brook has large areas of marsh foxtail, and there is a field with breeding lapwings and redshanks.{{cite web|url= http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002254.pdf |title=Loughborough Meadows citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 13 November 2017}}

There is public access to the site.