Oxley Mead
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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Location of Oxley Mead. | |
| Area of search | Buckinghamshire |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | SP819348 |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 3.7 ha (9.1 acres) |
| Notification date | 1994 |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Oxley Mead is a 3.7 hectares (9.1 acres) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Oxley Park district of Shenley Church End in Milton Keynes, (ceremonial) Buckinghamshire.[1][2]
The site is an ancient hay meadow which has a nationally rare plant community, due to its traditional management, with a hay cut followed by cattle grazing, and no use of fertilisers or herbicides. A stream, which runs through the middle of the field, regularly floods. The main plants are herbs such as great burnet and meadow sweet, and grasses include meadow foxtail and sweet vernal-grass. The meadow is surrounded by hedgerows which have a wide variety of trees and shrubs.[1]
There is access from the end of Raft Way.
References
- 1 2 "Oxley Mead citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ↑ "Map of Oxley Mead". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
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