List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Rutland
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List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Rutland

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Site name	Photograph	B	G	Area	Public access	Location	Other classifications	Map	Citation	Description

Bloody Oaks Quarry	Bloody Oaks Quarry	1.1 hectares (2.7 acres)	YES	Stamford 52°41′10″N 0°33′50″W / 52.686°N 0.564°W SK 971 108	LRWT	Map	Citation	This site has species-rich grassland on Jurassic limestone. The dominant grasses are tor-grass and upright brome and flora include rock-rose, salad burnet, yellow-wort and autumn gentian.

Burley and Rushpit Woods	Burley Wood	161.2 hectares (398 acres)	NO	Oakham 52°40′44″N 0°41′02″W / 52.679°N 0.684°W SK 891 098	Map	Citation	These woods on upper Lias clay have many mature and over-mature trees and considerable dead wood. The dominant tree is oak in most of the forest, giving way to ash in the remainder.

Clipsham Old Quarry and Pickworth Great Wood	Pickworth Great Wood	111.2 hectares (275 acres)	PP	Oakham 52°43′23″N 0°32′56″W / 52.723°N 0.549°W SK 981 149	GCR	Map	Citation	Pickworth Great Wood is one of the largest deciduous woods in the county, with diverse breeding birds and over 150 species of moth.

East Wood, Great Casterton	East Wood, Great Casterton	6.6 hectares (16 acres)	Great Casterton 52°41′35″N 0°30′58″W / 52.693°N 0.516°W TF 004 116	Map	Citation	This semi-natural wood is on boulder clay of glacial origin. The dominant trees are ash, oak and wych elm, with a few wild service trees and small leaved limes.

Empingham Marshy Meadows	Empingham Marshy Meadows	14.0 hectares (35 acres)	YES	Oakham 52°40′23″N 0°35′17″W / 52.673°N 0.588°W SK 956 093	Map	Citation	This site in the valley of North Brook has a complex geological structure and diverse habitats, including grassland and base-rich marsh and fen.

Eye Brook Reservoir	Eye Brook Reservoir	201.3 hectares (497 acres)	NO	Uppingham 52°33′04″N 0°44′42″W / 52.551°N 0.745°W SP 852 955	Map	Citation	The reservoir is an important site for wintering wildfowl, such as wigeon, teal, mallard and pochard. Other habitats are marsh, mudflats, grassland, broad-leaved woodland and plantations.

Greetham Meadows	Greetham Meadows	12.4 hectares (31 acres)	YES	Oakham 52°43′52″N 0°36′43″W / 52.731°N 0.612°W SK 938 157	LRWT	Map	Citation	This ridge and furrow meadow is the only known location in the county for the frog orchid. The soil is on boulder clay, and grasses include crested dog's-tail, sweet vernal-grass, upright brome, downy oat-grass and quaking grass.

Ketton Quarries	Ketton Quarries	115.6 hectares (286 acres)	PP	Stamford 52°38′20″N 0°34′05″W / 52.639°N 0.568°W SK 970 055	GCR, LRWT	Map	Citation	The site provides an extensive exposure of the middle Jurassic Bathonian age, dating to around 167 million years ago. It is described by Natural England as "a critical site of considerable importance for lithostratigraphic and facies analysis in the Bathonian rocks of southern Britain".

Luffenham Heath Golf Course	Luffenham Heath Golf Course	75.1 hectares (186 acres)	NO	Stamford 52°36′36″N 0°35′13″W / 52.610°N 0.587°W SK 958 023	Map	Citation	The course is located on several soil types, including calcareous grassland on Jurassic Lower Lincolnshire Limestone, together with acid heath, scrub and broad-leaved woodland.

Newell Wood	Newell Wood	33.3 hectares (82 acres)	NO	Stamford 52°43′05″N 0°31′01″W / 52.718°N 0.517°W TF 003 144	Map	Citation	This acid semi-natural woodland is mainly on glacial sands and gravels, but some areas are on clays and siltstones. It is dominated by oak and birch, and ground flora includes bracken, wood sorrel and early purple orchid.

North Luffenham Quarry	North Luffenham Quarry	4.6 hectares (11 acres)	NO	Stamford 52°37′19″N 0°34′55″W / 52.622°N 0.582°W SK 961 036	Map	Citation	This is calcareous grassland on thin soils derived from Jurassic Lincolnshire Limestone. Flora include basil thyme, marjoram and bee orchid.

Prior's Coppice	Prior's Coppice	27.4 hectares (68 acres)	YES	Oakham 52°38′13″N 0°43′59″W / 52.637°N 0.733°W SK 831 051	LRWT	Map	Citation	This wood is on poorly drained soils derived from Jurassic Upper Lias clay and glacial boulder clay. The dominant trees are ash and oak, with field maple and hazel in the shrub layer.

Rutland Water	Rutland Water	1,555.3 hectares (3,843 acres)	YES	Oakham 52°39′14″N 0°39′43″W / 52.654°N 0.662°W SK 906 071	LRWT, NCR, Ramsar, SPA	Map	Citation	This major wetland site has exceptional numbers and diversity of migrating and wintering waterfowl, such as goldeneyes, tufted ducks and wigeons.

Ryhall Pasture and Little Warren Verges	Ryhall Pasture	6.2 hectares (15 acres)	PP	Stamford 52°42′40″N 0°29′24″W / 52.711°N 0.490°W TF 021 137	Map	Citation	The main grasses on Ryhall Pasture are tor-grass, upright brome and red fescue. The soil is on Jurassic Upper Lincolnshire Limestone, and the rich herb flora include clustered bellflower and greater knapweed.

Seaton Meadows	Seaton Meadows	11.4 hectares (28 acres)	YES	Oakham 52°34′16″N 0°39′04″W / 52.571°N 0.651°W SP 915 979	Plantlife	Map	Citation	This site is traditionally managed as hay pasture, and it is an example of unimproved alluvial flood meadows, a rare habitat due to agricultural developments.

Shacklewell Hollow	Shacklewell Hollow	3.2 hectares (7.9 acres)	NO	Oakham 52°39′29″N 0°33′29″W / 52.658°N 0.558°W SK 976 077	Map	Citation	This marshy site is in the valley of a tributary of the River Gwash. The marsh is dominated by hard rush, and there are several artificial ponds with large populations of mare's tail.

Tickencote Marsh	Tickencote Marsh	3.0 hectares (7.4 acres)	NO	Stamford 52°40′16″N 0°32′56″W / 52.671°N 0.549°W SK 982 091	Map	Citation	This site in the valley of the River Gwash is a base-rich grazing marsh, a habitat which is becoming increasingly rare as a result of drainage and a decline in grazing.

Tolethorpe Road Verges	Tolethorpe Road Verges	1.0 hectare (2.5 acres)	YES	Stamford 52°40′55″N 0°30′14″W / 52.682°N 0.504°W TF 012 104	Map	Citation	These grass road verges on Jurassic limestone have several regionally uncommon plants. They are dominated by tor-grass and upright brome, and there are calcareous grassland herbs such as spiny restharrow and stemless thistle.

Wing Water Treatment Works	:Wing Water Treatment Works	1.5 hectares (3.7 acres)	YES	Oakham 52°36′50″N 0°40′34″W / 52.614°N 0.676°W SK 898 026	GCR	Map	Citation	This site is statigraphically important both regionally and nationally, as it has the longest sequence known in Britain of deposits from the warm Ipswichian interglacial around 120,000 years ago, and it has yielded new paleobotanical records for this period.

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The largest site is Rutland Water with 1,555.3 hectares (3,843 acres).

final_sentence: The largest site is Rutland Water with 1,555.3 hectares (3,843 acres).