Acres Farm Meadow, Wingmoor Farm Meadow

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Acres Farm Meadow is a 4.2 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1989. It lies between the villages of Somerford Keynes and Minety. The SSSI is the former site of a mediaeval ridge and furrow system which lies on the Upper Jurassic Oxford Clay. The site is home to grasses, sedges and herbs. Trees such as oak, maple, English elm and hawthorn can be found in the hedgerows on the site, which provide nesting sites for lesser whitethroat, willow warbler, yellowhammer and bullfinch. ()

Coordinates: 51°37'59"N, 1°58'0"W

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Acres Farm Meadow – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Aldhelm, Church of St Sampson, Cirencester Amphitheatre, Rodmarton Manor.

6.5 miSW
Church
St Aldhelm, Malmesbury
167 min walk • St Aldhelm's Roman Catholic Church in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England is a Roman Catholic Church built in 1875. The church is dedicated to St Aldhelm who lived in Malmesbury and was the abbot at nearby Malmesbury Abbey.
4.7 miE
Church
Church of St Sampson, Cricklade
120 min walk • St Sampson's is the Church of England parish church of the town of Cricklade, Wiltshire, England. A large aisled church with a central tower, the present building dates from the late 12th century but has fragments of Anglo-Saxon work.
5.4 miN
Historical place, Ruins, Amphitheatre
Cirencester Amphitheatre, Cirencester
138 min walk • Cirencester Amphitheatre was a Roman amphitheatre in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England. Its remains are scheduled as an ancient monument.
5.9 miNW
Museum, History museum
Rodmarton Manor, Tetbury
151 min walk • Rodmarton Manor is a large country house, in Rodmarton, near Cirencester, Gloucestershire, built for the Biddulph family. It is a Grade I listed building.
7 miSE
Park, Vernacular architecture
Lydiard Park, Swindon
178 min walk • Lydiard Park is a 260-acre country park at Lydiard Tregoze, which was its formal name, about 3 miles west of central Swindon, Wiltshire, England, near Junction 16 of the M4 motorway.
7 miSE
Museum
Lydiard House, Swindon
179 min walk • Lydiard Park is a 260-acre country park at Lydiard Tregoze, which was its formal name, about 3 miles west of central Swindon, Wiltshire, England, near Junction 16 of the M4 motorway.
4.9 miSE
Forts and castles
Ringsbury Camp
124 min walk • Ringsbury Camp is an Iron Age hill fort, thought to date from approximately the year 50BC, in the civil parish of Purton in Wiltshire, England. The site is a scheduled monument.
5.7 miSE
Church
St Mary's Church, Swindon
145 min walk • St Mary's Church is in the village of Purton in north Wiltshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Bristol. It is one of only three churches in England to have both a western tower and a central spire. It has been designated a Grade I listed building by English Heritage.
7.1 miSW
Park
Cole Park
181 min walk • Cole Park is a Grade II* listed moated country house off Grange Lane, in the parish of St Paul Malmesbury Without, about 1+1⁄4 miles south of Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England. It stands on land once known as Cowfold that was owned in the Middle Ages by the Abbey of Malmesbury, and in the Tudor period was a royal stud.
4.4 miE
View point
North Meadow, Cricklade
113 min walk • North Meadow, Cricklade is a hay meadow near the town of Cricklade, in Wiltshire, England. It is 24.6 hectares in size. It is a traditionally managed lowland hay-meadow, or lammas land, and is grazed in common between 12 August and 12 February each year, and cut for hay no earlier than 1 July.
2.4 miE
Church
All Saints Church
62 min walk • All Saints Church was built around 1250 at Leigh, north Wiltshire, England, and was originally on a site half a mile to the north of its current location. In 1896, the nave, porch and bell tower were moved from their original location and a new church was built, which is now Grade II* listed.