| Oxley Mead | |
| Aos: | Buckinghamshire |
| Interest: | Biological |
| Area: | 3.7 hectares |
| Notifydate: | 1994 |
| Map: | Magic Map |
Oxley Mead is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Oxley Park district of Shenley Church End in Milton Keynes, (ceremonial) Buckinghamshire.[1] [2]
The site is an ancient hay meadow which has a nationally rare plant community, due to its traditional management, with a hay cut followed by cattle grazing, and no use of fertilisers or herbicides. A stream, which runs through the middle of the field, regularly floods. The main plants are herbs such as great burnet and meadow sweet, and grasses include meadow foxtail and sweet vernal-grass. The meadow is surrounded by hedgerows which have a wide variety of trees and shrubs.[1]
There is access from the end of Raft Way.