Birch Spinney and Mawsley Marsh
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| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 Mawsley Marsh | |
| Location | Northamptonshire |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | SP 809 766[1] |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 12.3 hectares[1] |
| Notification | 1984[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Birch Spinney and Mawsley Marsh is a 12.3-hectare (30-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Broughton in Northamptonshire.[1][2]
Birch Spinney is a rare type of ash-maple woodland partly on peat. Mawsley Marsh is described by Natural England as "one of the finest remaining Northamptonshire marshes", with flora including blunt-flowered rush, jointed rush and water horsetail. There is also a stretch of a dismantled railway line.[3]
There is no access to the site but a footpath from Great Cransley (not Mawsley) runs along the boundary of Mawsley Marsh.
