Hook Meadow and The Trap Grounds

Hook Meadow and The Trap Grounds is a 11.9-hectare (29-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the northern outskirts of Oxford in Oxfordshire.[1][2]

Hook Meadow and The Trap Grounds

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	Oxfordshire
Grid reference	SP 499 089[1]
Interest	Biological
Area	11.9 hectares (29 acres)[1]
Notification	1986[1]
Location map	Magic Map

These unimproved meadows in the floodplain of the River Thames are poorly drained and they have calcareous clay soils. The southern field is the most waterlogged, and its flora includes wetland species such as sharp-flowered rush, marsh arrow grass, common spike-rush and early marsh orchid.[3]

The site is private land with no public access.