Finedon Cally Banks

Finedon Cally Banks is a 2.5-hectare (6.2-acre) nature reserve north-east of Wellingborough in Northamptonshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.[1]

Finedon Cally Banks
TypeNature reserve
LocationWellingborough, Northamptonshire
OS gridSP 902 712
Area2.5 hectares
Managed byWildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire

The site was formerly used to burn ironstone to remove impurities, leaving a layer of calcine, which produces poor soil in which wildflowers flourish. The reserve also includes a stretch of railway embankment for transporting the iron ore. Flora include common spotted orchids, great reedmace, kidney vetch and meadowsweet.[1]

There is access by a footpath from Harrowden Lane and along the railway embankment from Finedon.

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References
  1. "Finedon Cally Banks". Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Retrieved 17 April 2017.

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