Moira Junction
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Type | Local Nature Reserve |
Location | Moira, Leicestershire |
OS grid | SK 305 158 |
Area | 3.5 hectares (8.6 acres) |
Managed by | Leicestershire County Council |
Moira Junction is a 3.5-hectare (8.6-acre) Local Nature Reserve north of Moira in Leicestershire. It is owned and managed by Leicestershire County Council.[1][2]
This is part of the former Overseal railway sidings, which closed in 1966 and was developed as a nature area in 1991. It has two lakes, birch woodland and heath grassland.[1][3]
There is access by a footpath from Bath Lane.
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References
- ^ a b "Moira Junction". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ "Map of Moira Junction". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ "Proposal for the Formal Designation of Moira Junction and Saltersford Wood Nature Reserves as Local Nature Reserves" (PDF). Leicestershire County Council. 29 June 2004. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
52°44′20″N 1°09′00″W / 52.739°N 1.15°W / 52.739; -1.15
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