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Pulloxhill Marsh

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Grid reference
  
TL056335

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Notification
  
1985

Interest
  
Biological

Area of search
  
Bedfordshire

Pulloxhill Marsh

Pulloxhill Marsh is a 5.1 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Pulloxhill in Bedfordshire. It was notified in 1985 under Section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, and the local planning authority is Central Bedfordshire Council.

This marsh in a small valley has a wide variety of plant species, including some rare in the country, such as sharpflowered rush and blunt-flowered rush. It also has springs, neutral grassland in higher areas and mature hedgerows.

The site is private land closed to the public, but it can be viewed from Church Road.

References

Pulloxhill Marsh Wikipedia