Cut-throat Meadow

Coordinates: 52°01′55″N 0°29′05″W / 52.032008°N 0.484685°W / 52.032008; -0.484685
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Meadow area with trees

Cut-throat Meadow is a 1.5 hectare nature reserve in Ampthill in Bedfordshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.[1]

The reserve is in three separate areas off Ailesbury Road. There is a steeply sloping meadow area at the corner of Ailesbury Road and Church Street, a steeply sloping wood at the corner of Ailesbury Road and Snow Hill, and a pond between Rushbrook Close and Manton Close.[2]

celery-leaved buttercup, and there are water boatmen and pond skaters on the surface.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Cut-throat Meadow". Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  2. ^ Noticeboard on the site

52°01′55″N 0°29′05″W / 52.032008°N 0.484685°W / 52.032008; -0.484685