Moira Junction

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

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| name = Moira Junction

| photo = Moira Junction 8.jpg

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| type = Local Nature Reserve

| grid_ref_UK = SK 305 158

| location = Moira, Leicestershire

| area = {{convert| 3.5 |ha|acre|abbr=off}}

| manager = Leicestershire County Council

}}

Moira Junction is a {{convert| 3.5 |ha|acre|abbr=off|adj=on}} Local Nature Reserve north of Moira in Leicestershire. It is owned and managed by Leicestershire County Council.{{cite web|url= http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=25&N=&ID=1390|title= Moira Junction|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England| date = 11 September 2013 |accessdate= 3 December 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=lnrIndex&query=REF_CODE%3D%271123072%27 |title=Map of Moira Junction|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England| accessdate= 3 December 2017}}

This is part of the former Overseal railway sidings, which closed in 1966 and was developed as a nature area in 1991. It has two lakes, birch woodland and heath grassland.{{cite web|url=http://politics.leics.gov.uk/documents/s9744/Moira%20Saltersford%20Nature%20Reserves%20-%2029%20June04.pdf|title=Proposal for the Formal Designation of Moira Junction and Saltersford Wood Nature Reserves as Local Nature Reserves|date=29 June 2004|publisher=Leicestershire County Council| accessdate= 3 December 2017}}

There is access by a footpath from Bath Lane.

{{commons category|Moira Junction}}