Galley and Warden Hills

Galley and Warden Hills
Site of Special Scientific Interest

Cows on Warden Hill
Area of Search Bedfordshire
Grid reference TL092265
Interest Biological
Area 47.0 hectares
Notification 1986
Location map Magic Map

Galley and Warden Hills is a 47 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Warden Hills, a suburb of Luton in Bedfordshire. The local planning authority is Central Bedfordshire Council, and it was notified in 1986 under Section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.[1][2] It is also a Local Nature Reserve.[3][4]

The site is chalk grassland with areas of dense scrub, and it has many plants which are rare nationally and locally.[1] It has a wide variety of wild flowers and more than twenty species of butterflies. Near the top of Galley Hill there are two Bronze Age barrows, one of which was used for public executions in the Middle Ages.[3]

The Icknield Way Path passes through the hills on its 110 mile journey from Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire to Knettishall Heath in Suffolk. The Icknield Way Trail, a multi-user route for walkers, horse riders and off-road cyclists also passes through the hills.

There is access from Warden Hill Road.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Galley and Warden Hills citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  2. "Map of Galley and Warden Hills". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Galley and Warden Hills SSSI". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  4. "Map of Galley and Warden Hills SSSI". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

Coordinates: 51°55′41″N 0°24′54″W / 51.928°N 0.415°W / 51.928; -0.415

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