Ketton Roadside Verge
Selected Wild Place / Other Wild Places / Public Rights of Way / VC55 boundary
The site is located on Barrowden Road, heading south from Ketton/Geeston, beginning at the end of the houses and ending at the fork in the road. The A43 is the closest main road.
From the A43, exit northwards onto Back Lane/Ketton Road/Geeston Road, and turn left onto Barrowden Road before the railway line.
Some roadside parking is available by the houses on Barrowden Road, but please be mindful of residents and signage.
Bus information can be found here: https://bustimes.org/localities/ketton
- Road Verge
- Local Wildlife Site
Site species count:
Designated a Local Wildlife Site in 2003, Ketton verge is a 1-kilometer-stretch of Barrowden Road, on both sides of the road. The main habitats are mesotrophic grassland, calcareous grassland and mixed grassland.
Recorded species include: Greater Knapweed, Hoary Plantain, Knapweed Broomrape, Agrimony, Common Bird’s-foot Trefoil, Black Knapweed, Common Restharrow, Field Scabious, Meadow Buttercup, Meadow Vetchling, Red Clover, Rough Hawkbit, Burnet Saxifrage, Cowslip and Bulbous Buttercup.
The records and images below may include those from adjacent sites if the grid reference submitted with these records overlaps the boundary of this Wild Place.
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