Breney Common
Coordinates: 50°25′12″N 4°44′11″W / 50.4199°N 4.7363°W
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Breney Common from Helman Tor
Breney Common is a nature reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest, noted for its biological characteristics, in mid Cornwall, England, UK.[1] It is located mainly in Lanlivery civil parish, with the Saints' Way footpath running through it.[2]
The common forms part of Breney Common and Goss and Tregoss Moors Special Area of Conservation.[3] The nature reserve is owned by the Cornwall Wildlife Trust/Cornwall Trust for Nature.[4]
History[]
This SSSI used to belong to the Red Moor–Breney Common SSSI, the two sites having split in the 1986 revision where both sites were expanded.[1] There are now three adjacent nature reserves Breney Common, Red Moor and Helman Tor.
References[]
- ^ a b "Breney Common" (PDF). Natural England. 31 October 1986. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5
- ^ "Breney Common and Goss and Tregoss Moors". Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ^ "Helman Tor Nature Reserve (including Breney Common and Red Moor Memorial Nature Reserve)". Cornwall Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
Categories:
- Nature reserves of the Cornwall Wildlife Trust
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cornwall
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1979
- Special Areas of Conservation in Cornwall
- English Site of Special Scientific Interest stubs
- Restormel geography stubs