Barnham Cross Common

Barnham Cross Common is a 69.1-hectare (171-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the southern outskirts of Thetford in Norfolk, England.^[1][2] It is owned by Thetford Town Council and is registered common land.^[3] It is also a Local Nature Reserve^[4][5] and a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 1.^[6] It is part of the Breckland Special Area of Conservation^[7] and Special Protection Area.^[8]

Key Information

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	Norfolk, England
Grid reference	TL 865 813[1]
Interest	Biological
Area	69.1 hectares (171 acres)[1]
Notification	1986[1]
Location map	Magic Map
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This grassland and heath common has diverse habitats and a rich flora, including several nationally rare plants. There are nearly a hundred species of birds, including sixty which breed on the site, and a wide range of invertebrates.^[3]

The common is open to the public. Part of the land designated as Barnham Cross Common SSSI is owned by the Ministry of Defence.^[9]

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Designated Sites View: Barnhamcross Common". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
2. ^ "Map of Barnhamcross Common". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
3. ^ ^{a b} "Barnhamcross Common citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
4. ^ "Designated Sites View: Barnham Cross Common". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
5. ^ "Map of Barnham Cross Common". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
6. ^ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 136. ISBN 0521-21403-3.
7. ^ "Designated Sites View: Breckland". Special Area of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
8. ^ "Designated Sites View: Breckland". Special Protection Area. Natural England. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
9. ^ "Mapping the habitats of England's ten largest institutional landowners". Who owns England?. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2024.

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