Tilwick Meadow

Tilwick Meadow is a 2.6-hectare (6.4-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Thurleigh and Wilden in Bedfordshire.It was notified in 1988 under Section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, and the local planning authority is Bedford Borough Council.[1][2] The meadow is on the site of a medieval village abandoned during the Black Death.It is unimproved grassland on chalk boulder clay, and it has very rich flora on a habitat now rare nationally.Grass species include red fescue and sweet vernal-grass, and there some species associated with woodland indicate that part of the area was wooded in the past.
Site of Special Scientific InterestLocationBedfordshireGrid referenceThurleighWildenWildlife and Countryside Act 1981Bedford Borough Councilmedieval village abandonedBlack Deathboulder clayred fescuesweet vernal-grassWood EndSites of Special Scientific InterestBiologicalBarton HillsBlow's DownCooper's HillDeacon HillDropshort MarshDunstable and Whipsnade DownsFancott Woods and MeadowsFelmersham Gravel PitsFlitwick MoorGalley and Warden HillsHanger WoodHoughton Regis Marl LakesKings and Bakers Woods and HeathsKings Wood and Glebe Meadows, Houghton ConquestKnocking HoeMarston ThriftMaulden Church MeadowMaulden HeathMaulden Wood and Pennyfather's HillNares Gladley MarshOdell Great WoodPotton WoodPulloxhill MarshSandy WarrenSmithcombe, Sharpenhoe and Sundon HillsSouthill Lake and WoodsStevington MarshSundon Chalk QuarrySwineshead WoodTebworth MarshTotternhoe Chalk QuarryTotternhoe KnollsWavendon Heath PondsYelden MeadowsGeologicalBiddenham PitDouble Arches PitKensworth Chalk PitNine Acres PitTotternhoe Stone Pit