Trench Meadows
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Trench Meadows is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)[1][2] in West Yorkshire, England. This protected area is located 1km northwest of the village of Saltaire. These meadows are protected because this neutral grassland has a high diversity of plant species. The southwestern boundary of this protected area follows a stream called Loadpit Beck, that flows into the River Aire.
Trench Meadows SSSI is within Bradford Pennine Gateway National Nature Reserve (see National Nature Reserves).
Plant species in the neutral grasslands of Trench Meadows include black knapweed, bird's-foot-trefoil, heath grass, devil's-bit scabious, tormentil and betony. In areas of acid grassland plant species include heath bedstraw, marsh bedstraw, lesser spearwort, meadowsweet and marsh marigold.[1]