Site name |
Reason for designation |
Area (Hectares) |
Location & map ref |
Date notified |
Other designations |
Map/Refs |
Biological interest |
Geological interest |
Allexton Wood |
Y |
|
25.8 |
52°35′10″N 0°47′17″W / 52.586°N 0.788°W / 52.586; -0.788 (Allexton Wood) SP822994 |
1983/07/01 |
|
Map [2] |
Ashby Canal |
Y |
|
15.4 |
52°39′43″N 1°27′47″W / 52.662°N 1.463°W / 52.662; -1.463 (Ashby Canal) SK364073 |
1989/01/27 |
|
Map [3] |
Bardon Hill |
Y |
|
13 |
52°42′43″N 1°19′12″W / 52.712°N 1.32°W / 52.712; -1.32 (Bardon Hill) SK460130 |
1983/12/01 |
|
Map [4] |
Bardon Hill Quarry |
|
Y |
58.1 |
52°42′40″N 1°19′44″W / 52.711°N 1.329°W / 52.711; -1.329 (Bardon Hill Quarry) SK454129 |
1987/04/01 |
GCR |
Map [5] |
Barrow Gravel Pits |
Y |
|
35.7 |
52°44′38″N 1°09′29″W / 52.744°N 1.158°W / 52.744; -1.158 (Barrow Gravel Pits) SK569166 |
1983/12/01 |
|
Map [6] |
Beacon Hill, Hangingstone And Outwoods |
Y |
Y |
147.4 |
52°44′28″N 1°14′24″W / 52.741°N 1.24°W / 52.741; -1.24 (Beacon Hill, Hangingstone And Out Woods) SK514163 |
1987/08/01 |
GCR, NCR, SM |
Map [7] |
Benscliffe Wood |
Y |
|
9.8 |
52°42′32″N 1°14′31″W / 52.709°N 1.242°W / 52.709; -1.242 (Benscliffe Wood) SK513127 |
1986/03/01 |
|
Map [8] |
Blackbrook Reservoir |
Y |
|
39.3 |
52°45′04″N 1°19′19″W / 52.751°N 1.322°W / 52.751; -1.322 (Blackbrook Reservoir) SK458173 |
1985/07/01 |
|
Map [9] |
Bloody Oaks Quarry |
Y |
|
1.1 |
52°41′10″N 0°33′50″W / 52.686°N 0.564°W / 52.686; -0.564 (Bloody Oaks Quarry) SK971108 |
1983/05/01 |
WT |
Map [10] |
Botcheston Bog |
Y |
|
2.8 |
52°38′13″N 1°17′02″W / 52.637°N 1.284°W / 52.637; -1.284 (Botcheston Bog) SK485047 |
1983/07/01 |
|
Map [11] |
Bradgate Park And Cropston Reservoir |
Y |
Y |
399.3 |
52°41′20″N 1°13′01″W / 52.689°N 1.217°W / 52.689; -1.217 (Bradgate Park And Cropston Reservoir) SK530105 |
1988/02/01 |
CP, GCR, NCR, SM |
Map [12] |
Breedon Cloud Wood And Quarry |
Y |
Y |
63.2 |
52°47′10″N 1°23′13″W / 52.786°N 1.387°W / 52.786; -1.387 (Breedon Cloud Wood And Quarry) SK414212 |
1987/03/01 |
GCR |
Map [13] |
Breedon Hill |
Y |
|
5.2 |
52°48′14″N 1°24′07″W / 52.804°N 1.402°W / 52.804; -1.402 (Breedon Hill) SK404232 |
1983/12/01 |
|
Map [14] |
Briery Wood Heronry, Belvoir |
Y |
|
5.6 |
52°53′13″N 0°46′30″W / 52.887°N 0.775°W / 52.887; -0.775 (Briery Wood Heronry, Belvoir) SK825329 |
1983/05/01 |
Wildlife refuge |
Map [15] |
Buddon Wood And Swithland Reservoir |
Y |
Y |
187.1 |
52°43′37″N 1°10′12″W / 52.727°N 1.17°W / 52.727; -1.17 (Buddon Wood And Swithland Reservoir) SK561147 |
1984/09/01 |
GCR |
Map [16] |
Burbage Wood And Aston Firs |
Y |
|
51.1 |
52°32′28″N 1°20′02″W / 52.541°N 1.334°W / 52.541; -1.334 (Burbage Wood And Aston Firs) SP452940 |
1983/07/01 |
LNR |
Map [17] |
Burley And Rushpit Woods |
Y |
|
161.2 |
52°40′41″N 0°41′06″W / 52.678°N 0.685°W / 52.678; -0.685 (Burley And Rushpit Woods) SK890098 |
1992/11/19 |
|
Map [18] |
Cave's Inn Pits |
Y |
|
5.8 |
52°25′N 1°13′W / 52.41°N 1.21°W / 52.41; -1.21 (Cave's Inn Pits) SP538795 |
1983/07/01 |
|
Map [19] |
Charnwood Lodge |
|
Y |
134.2 |
52°43′59″N 1°18′43″W / 52.733°N 1.312°W / 52.733; -1.312 (Charnwood Lodge) SK465153 |
1985/12/01 |
SM, GCR, WT, NNR |
Map [20] |
Chater Valley |
Y |
|
3.8 |
52°37′55″N 0°48′58″W / 52.632°N 0.816°W / 52.632; -0.816 (Chater Valley) SK802045 |
1983/07/01 |
|
Map [21] |
Cliffe Hill Quarry |
|
Y |
19.2 |
52°41′28″N 1°18′00″W / 52.691°N 1.3°W / 52.691; -1.3 (Cliffe Hill Quarry) SK474107 |
1990/04/30 |
GCR |
Map [22] |
Clipsham Old Quarry And Pickworth Great Wood |
Y |
Y |
111.2 |
52°43′19″N 0°33′00″W / 52.722°N 0.55°W / 52.722; -0.55 (Clipsham Old Quarry And Pickworth Great Wood) SK980149 |
1986/02/01 |
GCR |
Map [23] |
Coalville Meadows |
Y |
|
6 |
52°44′N 1°20′W / 52.73°N 1.34°W / 52.73; -1.34 (Coalville Meadows) SK446150 |
1983/12/01 |
|
Map [24] |
Cotes Grassland |
Y |
|
3.2 |
52°46′52″N 1°10′52″W / 52.781°N 1.181°W / 52.781; -1.181 (Cotes Grassland) SK553208 |
1983/12/01 |
|
Map [25] |
Cribb's Lodge Meadows |
Y |
|
4.1 |
52°45′32″N 0°40′08″W / 52.759°N 0.669°W / 52.759; -0.669 (Cribb'S Lodge Meadows) SK899188 |
1983/05/01 |
WT, NNR |
Map [26] |
Croft And Huncote Quarry |
|
Y |
35.2 |
52°33′47″N 1°14′49″W / 52.563°N 1.247°W / 52.563; -1.247 (Croft And Huncote Quarry) SP511965 |
1986/05/01 |
GCR |
Map [27] |
Croft Hill |
Y |
|
2 |
52°33′50″N 1°15′00″W / 52.564°N 1.25°W / 52.564; -1.25 (Croft Hill) SP509966 |
1994/03/23 |
|
Map [28] |
Croft Pasture |
Y |
|
6.1 |
52°33′25″N 1°15′00″W / 52.557°N 1.25°W / 52.557; -1.25 (Croft Pasture) SP509958 |
1983/07/01 |
|
Map [29] |
Croxton Park |
Y |
|
97.3 |
52°50′24″N 0°47′06″W / 52.84°N 0.785°W / 52.84; -0.785 (Croxton Park) SK819277 |
1986/01/01 |
|
Map [30] |
Debdale Meadow, Muston |
Y |
|
4.3 |
52°56′38″N 0°45′36″W / 52.944°N 0.76°W / 52.944; -0.76 (Debdale Meadow, Muston) SK834393 |
1987/06/01 |
|
Map [31] |
Dimminsdale |
Y |
|
36.9 |
52°47′24″N 1°26′35″W / 52.79°N 1.443°W / 52.79; -1.443 (Dimminsdale) SK376216 |
1986/12/01 |
WT |
Map [32] |
Donington Park |
Y |
|
38.9 |
52°50′13″N 1°23′10″W / 52.837°N 1.386°W / 52.837; -1.386 (Donington Park) SK414268 |
1983/12/01 |
|
Map [33] |
East Wood, Great Casterton |
Y |
|
6.6 |
52°41′31″N 0°30′50″W / 52.692°N 0.514°W / 52.692; -0.514 (East Wood, Great Casterton) TF005116 |
1983/05/01 |
|
Map [34] |
Empingham Marshy Meadows |
Y |
|
14 |
52°40′16″N 0°35′13″W / 52.671°N 0.587°W / 52.671; -0.587 (Empingham Marshy Meadows) SK956091 |
1983/12/01 |
|
Map [35] |
Enderby Warren Quarry |
|
Y |
1.6 |
52°35′42″N 1°12′14″W / 52.595°N 1.204°W / 52.595; -1.204 (Enderby Warren Quarry) SK540000 |
1987/05/01 |
GCR |
Map [36] |
Eyebrook Reservoir |
Y |
|
201.3 |
52°32′53″N 0°44′46″W / 52.548°N 0.746°W / 52.548; -0.746 (Eye Brook Reservoir) SP851953 |
1983/07/01 |
|
Map [37] |
Eye Brook Valley Woods |
Y |
|
65.7 |
52°33′47″N 0°46′55″W / 52.563°N 0.782°W / 52.563; -0.782 (Eye Brook Valley Woods) SP826969 |
1983/06/01 |
WT |
Map [38] |
Frisby Marsh |
Y |
|
10.1 |
52°44′56″N 0°59′06″W / 52.749°N 0.985°W / 52.749; -0.985 (Frisby Marsh) SK686174 |
1983/05/01 |
|
Map [39] |
Gipsy Lane Pit |
|
Y |
0.5 |
52°39′29″N 1°05′10″W / 52.658°N 1.086°W / 52.658; -1.086 (Gipsy Lane Pit) SK619071 |
1985/12/01 |
GCR |
Map [40] |
Grace Dieu And High Sharpley |
Y |
Y |
86 |
52°44′53″N 1°21′07″W / 52.748°N 1.352°W / 52.748; -1.352 (Grace Dieu And High Sharpley) SK438170 |
1983/12/01 |
GCR |
Map [41] |
Grantham Canal |
Y |
|
9.4 |
52°53′42″N 0°52′01″W / 52.895°N 0.867°W / 52.895; -0.867 (Grantham Canal) SK763337 |
1983/07/01 |
|
Map [42] |
Great Bowden Borrowpit |
Y |
|
2.4 |
52°30′04″N 0°54′22″W / 52.501°N 0.906°W / 52.501; -0.906 (Great Bowden Borrowpit) SP743898 |
1983/07/01 |
WT |
Map [43] |
Greetham Meadows |
Y |
|
12.3 |
52°43′48″N 0°36′43″W / 52.73°N 0.612°W / 52.73; -0.612 (Greetham Meadows) SK938157 |
1985/10/01 |
|
Map [44] |
Groby Pool And Woods |
Y |
|
29 |
52°40′08″N 1°13′59″W / 52.669°N 1.233°W / 52.669; -1.233 (Groby Pool And Woods) SK519082 |
1983/07/01 |
|
Map [45] |
Harby Hill Wood |
Y |
|
17.2 |
52°50′53″N 0°52′08″W / 52.848°N 0.869°W / 52.848; -0.869 (Harby Hill Wood) SK762285 |
1983/05/01 |
|
Map [46] |
Holwell Mouth |
Y |
|
15.7 |
52°48′47″N 0°55′37″W / 52.813°N 0.927°W / 52.813; -0.927 (Holwell Mouth) SK724245 |
1983/12/01 |
|
Map [47] |
Kendall's Meadow |
Y |
|
2.6 |
52°34′41″N 1°25′16″W / 52.578°N 1.421°W / 52.578; -1.421 (Kendall'S Meadow) SP393980 |
1985/03/01 |
|
Map [48] |
Ketton Quarries |
Y |
Y |
115.5 |
52°38′20″N 0°33′58″W / 52.639°N 0.566°W / 52.639; -0.566 (Ketton Quarries) SK971056 |
1986/10/01 |
GCR |
Map [49] |
Kilby - Foxton Canal |
Y |
|
32 |
52°33′25″N 1°02′20″W / 52.557°N 1.039°W / 52.557; -1.039 (Kilby - Foxton Canal) SP652959 |
1984/12/01 |
|
Map [50] |
King Lud's Entrenchments And The Drift |
Y |
|
23.9 |
52°50′31″N 0°43′16″W / 52.842°N 0.721°W / 52.842; -0.721 (King Lud'S Entrenchments And The Drift) SK862280 |
1984/04/01 |
SM |
Map [51] |
Launde Big Wood |
Y |
|
41.1 |
52°37′30″N 0°50′24″W / 52.625°N 0.84°W / 52.625; -0.84 (Launde Big Wood) SK786037 |
1983/07/01 |
|
Map [52] |
Leighfield Forest |
Y |
|
149.7 |
52°36′40″N 0°51′29″W / 52.611°N 0.858°W / 52.611; -0.858 (Leighfield Forest) SK774021 |
1983/07/01 |
NCR |
Map [53] |
Lockington Marshes |
Y |
|
11.3 |
52°51′47″N 1°16′41″W / 52.863°N 1.278°W / 52.863; -1.278 (Lockington Marshes) SK487298 |
1993/04/01 |
|
Map [54] |
Loughborough Meadows |
Y |
|
60.5 |
52°47′28″N 1°12′22″W / 52.791°N 1.206°W / 52.791; -1.206 (Loughborough Meadows) SK536218 |
1987/03/01 |
WT |
Map [55] |
Lount Meadows |
Y |
|
8.5 |
52°46′05″N 1°25′44″W / 52.768°N 1.429°W / 52.768; -1.429 (Lount Meadows) SK386191 |
1983/12/01 |
|
Map [56] |
Luffenham Heath Golf Course |
Y |
|
75.1 |
52°36′36″N 0°35′06″W / 52.61°N 0.585°W / 52.61; -0.585 (Luffenham Heath Golf Course) SK959023 |
1983/05/01 |
|
Map [57] |
Main Quarry, Mountsorrel |
|
Y |
14.6 |
52°43′37″N 1°08′49″W / 52.727°N 1.147°W / 52.727; -1.147 (Main Quarry, Mountsorrel) SK577148 |
1984/12/01 |
GCR |
Map [58] |
Misterton Marshes |
Y |
|
6.8 |
52°27′40″N 1°10′52″W / 52.461°N 1.181°W / 52.461; -1.181 (Misterton Marshes) SP557852 |
1986/03/01 |
|
Map [59] |
Muston Meadows |
Y |
|
8.7 |
52°55′08″N 0°46′30″W / 52.919°N 0.775°W / 52.919; -0.775 (Muston Meadows) SK824365 |
1983/05/01 |
NNR, NCR |
Map [60] |
Narborough Bog |
Y |
|
8.5 |
52°34′34″N 1°11′28″W / 52.576°N 1.191°W / 52.576; -1.191 (Narborough Bog) SP549979 |
1983/07/01 |
WT |
Map [61] |
Newell Wood |
Y |
|
33.3 |
52°43′01″N 0°30′58″W / 52.717°N 0.516°W / 52.717; -0.516 (Newell Wood) TF003144 |
1983/05/01 |
|
Map [62] |
Newhurst Quarry |
|
Y |
9.4 |
52°45′22″N 1°16′55″W / 52.756°N 1.282°W / 52.756; -1.282 (Newhurst Quarry) SK485179 |
1984/12/01 |
GCR |
Map [63] |
Newton Burgoland Marshes |
Y |
|
8.6 |
52°40′34″N 1°26′13″W / 52.676°N 1.437°W / 52.676; -1.437 (Newton Burgoland Marshes) SK381089 |
1983/12/01 |
|
Map [64] |
North Luffenham Quarry |
Y |
|
4.6 |
52°37′16″N 0°34′52″W / 52.621°N 0.581°W / 52.621; -0.581 (North Luffenham Quarry) SK961036 |
1983/05/01 |
|
Map [65] |
Oakley Wood |
Y |
|
48.1 |
52°47′20″N 1°16′55″W / 52.789°N 1.282°W / 52.789; -1.282 (Oakley Wood) SK485216 |
1985/01/01 |
|
Map [66] |
One Barrow Plantation |
Y |
|
1.8 |
52°44′56″N 1°18′54″W / 52.749°N 1.315°W / 52.749; -1.315 (One Barrow Plantation) SK463171 |
1992/07/16 |
|
Map [67] |
Owston Woods |
Y |
|
139.5 |
52°39′00″N 0°50′10″W / 52.65°N 0.836°W / 52.65; -0.836 (Owston Woods) SK788065 |
1983/07/01 |
|
Map [68] |
Pasture And Asplin Woods |
Y |
|
40.9 |
52°47′20″N 1°22′19″W / 52.789°N 1.372°W / 52.789; -1.372 (Pasture And Asplin Woods) SK424215 |
1983/12/01 |
|
Map [69] |
Prior's Coppice |
Y |
|
27.4 |
52°38′13″N 0°46′23″W / 52.637°N 0.773°W / 52.637; -0.773 (Prior'S Coppice) SK831051 |
1983/05/01 |
|
Map [70] |
River Eye |
Y |
|
6 |
52°45′32″N 0°51′18″W / 52.759°N 0.855°W / 52.759; -0.855 (River Eye) SK773186 |
1983/07/01 |
NCR |
Map [71] |
River Mease |
Y |
|
22.8 |
52°42′14″N 1°35′31″W / 52.704°N 1.592°W / 52.704; -1.592 (River Mease) SK276120 |
2000/08/16 |
SAC |
Map [72] |
Roecliffe Manor Lawns |
Y |
|
1.2 |
52°42′25″N 1°12′54″W / 52.707°N 1.215°W / 52.707; -1.215 (Roecliffe Manor Lawns) SK531125 |
2001/10/02 |
|
Map [73] |
Rutland Water |
Y |
|
1555.2 |
52°39′11″N 0°37′19″W / 52.653°N 0.622°W / 52.653; -0.622 (Rutland Water) SK933071 |
1984/04/01 |
SPA, WT, NCR, Ramsar site |
Map [74] |
Saddington Reservoir |
Y |
|
19 |
52°30′43″N 1°01′26″W / 52.512°N 1.024°W / 52.512; -1.024 (Saddington Reservoir) SP663910 |
1999/03/10 |
|
Map [75] |
Seaton Meadows |
Y |
|
11.5 |
52°34′16″N 0°39′04″W / 52.571°N 0.651°W / 52.571; -0.651 (Seaton Meadows) SP915979 |
1991/01/16 |
|
Map [76] |
Shacklewell Hollow |
Y |
|
3.1 |
52°39′18″N 0°33′36″W / 52.655°N 0.56°W / 52.655; -0.56 (Shacklewell Hollow) SK975074 |
1983/05/01 |
|
Map [77] |
Sheepy Fields |
Y |
|
4.9 |
52°37′08″N 1°30′40″W / 52.619°N 1.511°W / 52.619; -1.511 (Sheepy Fields) SK332025 |
1983/07/01 |
|
Map [78] |
Sheet Hedges Wood |
Y |
|
21.7 |
52°40′19″N 1°13′08″W / 52.672°N 1.219°W / 52.672; -1.219 (Sheet Hedges Wood) SK529086 |
1983/12/01 |
|
Map [79] |
Shepshed Cutting |
|
Y |
5.8 |
52°45′43″N 1°19′08″W / 52.762°N 1.319°W / 52.762; -1.319 (Shepshed Cutting) SK460185 |
1986/06/01 |
GCR |
Map [80] |
Sproxton Quarry |
|
Y |
5.4 |
52°49′01″N 0°43′08″W / 52.817°N 0.719°W / 52.817; -0.719 (Sproxton Quarry) SK864252 |
1986/09/01 |
GCR |
Map [81] |
Stanford Park |
Y |
|
20.4 |
52°24′22″N 1°08′24″W / 52.406°N 1.14°W / 52.406; -1.14 (Stanford Park) SP586791 |
1983/07/01 |
|
Map [82] |
Stonesby Quarry |
Y |
|
3.2 |
52°49′01″N 0°47′46″W / 52.817°N 0.796°W / 52.817; -0.796 (Stonesby Quarry) SK812251 |
1983/07/01 |
WT |
Map [83] |
Swithland Wood And The Brand |
Y |
Y |
87.9 |
52°42′22″N 1°12′11″W / 52.706°N 1.203°W / 52.706; -1.203 (Swithland Wood And The Brand) SK539124 |
1983/12/01 |
GCR, NCR |
Map [84] |
Terrace Hills Pasture |
Y |
|
11.2 |
52°52′08″N 0°49′16″W / 52.869°N 0.821°W / 52.869; -0.821 (Terrace Hills Pasture) SK794309 |
1983/07/01 |
|
Map [85] |
Tickencote Marsh |
Y |
|
3.1 |
52°40′12″N 0°32′56″W / 52.67°N 0.549°W / 52.67; -0.549 (Tickencote Marsh) SK982091 |
1987/08/01 |
|
Map [86] |
Tilton Cutting |
|
Y |
4.4 |
52°38′24″N 0°52′23″W / 52.64°N 0.873°W / 52.64; -0.873 (Tilton Cutting) SK763053 |
1983/07/01 |
GCR |
Map [87] |
Tolethorpe Road Verges |
Y |
|
1.1 |
52°40′52″N 0°30′14″W / 52.681°N 0.504°W / 52.681; -0.504 (Tolethorpe Road Verges) TF012104 |
1987/04/01 |
|
Map [88] |
Twenty Acre Piece |
Y |
|
8 |
52°46′55″N 1°03′04″W / 52.782°N 1.051°W / 52.782; -1.051 (Twenty Acre Piece) SK641210 |
1983/12/01 |
WT |
Map [89] |
Ulverscroft Valley |
Y |
|
110.7 |
52°42′32″N 1°16′23″W / 52.709°N 1.273°W / 52.709; -1.273 (Ulverscroft Valley) SK492127 |
1984/01/01 |
WT |
Map [90] |
Wing Water Treatment Works |
|
Y |
1.5 |
52°36′47″N 0°40′30″W / 52.613°N 0.675°W / 52.613; -0.675 (Wing Water Treatment Works) SK898026 |
1987/07/01 |
GCR |
Map [91] |
Wymondham Rough |
Y |
|
5.9 |
52°44′53″N 0°46′12″W / 52.748°N 0.77°W / 52.748; -0.77 (Wymondham Rough) SK831175 |
1983/05/01 |
WT |
Map [92] |