Hoby, Ancient Wildflower Verge
Selected Wild Place / Other Wild Places / Public Rights of Way / VC55 boundary
Brooksby Road starts just south of Hoby Church.
Road verge and Local Wildlife Site
Total species seen at this site:
Historically, this verge was part of the adjacent field used as pasture land. However, the verge is all that now remains of the flower-rich meadow. It measures 262 metres long on the Hoby to Brooksby road with a variable width of 2-3 metres. It is essentially a bank which flattens out towards the top where a stone path runs along its length. The strip retains many species from the original meadow grassland and is one of the most flora-rich verges in Leicestershire. It was notified as a Local Wildlife Site in September 2004.
Flowers include Common Restharrow, Field Scabious, Black Knapweed, Ox-eye Daisy and Harebell. Grasses include Quaking Grass, Crested Dogstail and both Smooth and Rough Meadow-grass. Colonies of both Common Blue and Small Copper butterflies have been reported.
An interpretative board at the start of the verge highlights some of the plants and animals to look out for.
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