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Box Farm Meadows SSSI
Biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Box Farm Meadows (Stuart Fawkes reserve) (grid reference ST865997) is a 8.3-hectare (21-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1985. This was formerly known as Balls Green Pastures.[1] The reserve is situated at the southern edge of Box village and one mile east of Nailsworth.
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Location | Gloucestershire |
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Grid reference | ST865997 |
Coordinates | 51.69633°N 2.196°W / 51.69633; -2.196 |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 8.3 hectare |
Notification | 1985 |
Natural England website |
The site is owned and managed by the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust. It was purchased in 1978 and named in the memory of Mr F S Fawkes, a local naturalist and a founder member and former Vice-President of the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust (formerly the Gloucestershire Trust for Nature Conservation). Grant aid was received for its purchase from the World-wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Nature Conservancy Council (NCC), the Langtree Trust and the Dulverton Trust.[2]