High Wood and Meadow
Nature reserve in Northamptonshire, England
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High Wood and Meadow is a 16.5-hectare (41-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Farthingstone and Preston Capes in Northamptonshire.[1][2] It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.[3]
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
High Meadow | |
 Location of High Wood and Meadow. | |
| Location | Northamptonshire |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | SP 591 547[1] |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 16.5 hectares[1] |
| Notification | 1984[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
The wood is ancient and semi-natural on acid soils. It has diverse ground flora, including yellow pimpernel, hairy wood-rush and broad-leaved helleborine. The meadow is acid grassland of a type which is now uncommon, and there are also areas of neutral grassland and marsh on silty peat. There are many ant hills of the yellow meadow ant.[4]
There is (unsignposted) access from the Knightley Way footpath.